ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,898, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Engine fuel nozzle and swirler assembly including a splitter" was invented by Pradeep Naik (Bengaluru, India), Perumallu Vukanti (Bengaluru, India), Michael T. Bucaro (Arvada, Colo.), Ajoy Patra (Bengaluru, India), Manampathy G. Giridharan (West Chester, Ohio), Steven C. Vise (West Chester, Ohio), Michael A. Benjamin (West Chester, Ohio), Sripathi Mohan (Bengaluru, India), R Narasimha Chiranthan (Bengaluru, India) and Joseph Zelina (Waynesville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the tur...