ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,811, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Validation and optimization of industrial carbon footprint emissions reduction" was invented by Abdulrahman M. Hazazi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Zyad Abood Bamigdad (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Mana M. Alowaidh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Ali H. Al-Qahtani (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include a method for generating optimum de-carbonization investment plans. An optimization objective is determined for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of an organization. A CO2 emissions baseline for the organization is det...