US Patent Issued to BNSF Railway on Nov. 3 for "Multi-objective systems and methods for optimally assigning train blocks at a railroad merchandise yard" (Texas, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,273, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co.

"Multi-objective systems and methods for optimally assigning train blocks at a railroad merchandise yard" was invented by Avnish Kishor Malde (Fort Worth, Texas), Paul Kuhn (Fort Worth, Texas), Timothy R. Banks (Galesburg, Ill.), Cory A. Misiewicz (Keller, Texas), Ross E. Molyneaux (Aledo, Texas), Felicia R. Mosenfelder (Toulon, Ill.) and Tanner R. Wyatt (Haslet, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assigning train blocks at a railroad merchandise yard includes determining, using a first optimization model and historical train block volume data, a first list of train...