ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,421, issued on June 23, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"System and method for protecting a plurality of distributed generation resources" was invented by Vaidhya Nath Venkitanarayanan (Schenectady, N.Y.), Timothy W. Jayko (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), Charles Joseph Kosuth (Asheville, N.C.), Brian C. Reese (Inman, S.C.), Amy M. Ridenour (Salem, Va.), Steven Wade Sutherland (Roanoke, Va.) and Logan Alphonse Toynbee (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing multi-layer protection from faults for a power generation plant is provided. The method includes monitor...