ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,994, issued on May 6, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Bayern, Germany).

"Power plant system and method of operating the same" was invented by Tobias Rether (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power plant system and method of operating the same, the power plant system having a solid oxide fuel cell and a gas turbine, wherein the fuel cell and the gas turbine are set up such that compressed charge air of a compressor of the gas turbine can be provided to the fuel cell and/or an exhaust gas of the fuel cell can be provided to a combustion chamber of the gas turbine, wherein the system is configured such that the ...