ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,663, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems, methods and apparatus for synchronization of multiple processing devices" was invented by Bruce A. Boettjer (Arlington, Va.), Dennis Kanarsky (Arlington, Va.), Douglas M. McIntosh (Arlington, Va.), Hyunsuk Shin (Arlington, Va.), Forrest B. Lee (Arlington, Va.) and Robert Horton (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to systems, methods, and apparatus for synchronization of multiple processing devices. An exemplary system may include a memory device configured to store instructions and data for processing devices. ...