ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,167, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Sensia Netherlands B.V. (Rotterdam, Netherlands).

"Systems and methods for flare control" was invented by Alexander Harry Roskoss (York, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a flare includes obtaining sensor data associated with emissions of the flare from sensors of a sensing unit associated with the flare. The method also includes determining, based on the sensor data, one or more control decisions for at least one controllable element associated with the flare to achieve a control objective for the flare. The control objective is associated with the emissions o...