ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,723, issued on May 13, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Solutions GmbH (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Control device for controlling a technical system including at least one controllable component, method for operating a control device, and system including the control device" was invented by Alexander Bernhard (Meckenbeuren, Germany) and Carsten Schafer (Ravensburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device includes: a receiving unit, the control device being configured for controlling a technical system including at least one controllable component with respect to a target variable taking into consideration a forecast curve...