ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,465, issued on June 30, was assigned to Greenlines Technology Inc. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Methods and systems for conversion of physical movements to carbon units" was invented by David Oliver Gomila (West Vancouver, Canada), Arturo Miguel Garcia (Vancouver, Canada) and Svend Andersen (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for producing tradeable environmental attributes such as carbon offsets from the physical movements of users. The solution incorporates the use of a modal shift optimization application executed on a user's device. The application locates alternative transport options, and...