ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,347, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods and apparatus for allocating control effector commands to reduce vehicle deviations from a commanded trajectory" was invented by Joseph George Irwin III (Landenberg, Pa.), Pieter Gerard Einthoven (West Chester, Pa.), Benjamin Horn Oster (Media, Pa.) and Patrick Smith (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for allocating control effector commands to reduce vehicle deviations from a commanded trajectory. An example apparatus includes interface circuitry, machine readable instructions, and programmable circuitry to at least one ...