ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,792, issued on May 12, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"System and method for tracking aircraft fuel usage and emissions" was invented by Carlos Hernandez Meza (Queretaro, Mexico), Joseph Zelina (Waynesville, Ohio), Sharon M. Crall (Loveland, Ohio) and Jose Manuel Rodriguez Miranda (Queretaro, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of determining emissions for an aircraft with a turbine engine for a flight mission includes receiving a control data input. The control data input can receive a quality check, and then be projected to different power levels for completion of the flight mission. The...