ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,544, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Data-analysis-based control of floating solar array location" was invented by Jagabondhu Hazra (Bangalore, India), Manikandan Padmanaban (Chennai, India), Sarbajit K. Rakshit (Kolkata, India) and Marc Henri Coq (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data-analysis-based process of controlling a floating solar array location is provided. The process includes providing data analysis-based control of location of the floating solar array on water within a geographical area. The floating solar array has a propulsion system coup...