US Patent Issued to BNSF Railway on Sept. 1 for "Grounded operations management system and method therefor" (Texas, Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,101, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co.

"Grounded operations management system and method therefor" was invented by Jimmy H Pang (Southlake, Texas), Douglas Harvey Gage (Como, Miss.) and Angela Roush (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grounded operations facilities management system is disclosed that can facilitate communications in grounded operations facilities. Specifically, a method is provided for managing and supervising trucks as they park in truck spots to await freight deposits. Check-in instances reflecting, among other things, the actual truck spot a fleet vehicle is parked in can be retri...