ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,241, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Systems and methods for predicting and controlling tailpipe NOx conversion and ammonia slip based on degradation of an aftertreatment system" was invented by Rohil Daya (Columbus, Ind.), Anand Srinivasan (Greenwood, Ind.), Karthik Venkata Rama Krishna Dadi (Columbus, Ind.), Saurabh Yashwant Joshi (Austin, Texas) and Michael J. Cunningham (Columbus, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and apparatus for predicting and controlling tailpipe NOx conversion and ammonia slip based on degradation of an aftertreatment system. The aftertreatment system is...