ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,075, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for controlling performance of marine engines with alcohol fuels" was invented by Jalal K. Khoury (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Brian J. Fregonese (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Eric S. Mueller (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Timothy S. Reid (Eden, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine propulsion system for a marine vessel is provided. The system includes at least one marine drive having an internal combustion engine configured to combust fuel, a sensor used to determine the alcohol content of the fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine, and a memory st...