ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,320, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER Ltd. (Coventry, Great Britain).

"Method and apparatus for mitigating fuel in oil" was invented by Samuel Rios (Coventry, Great Britain) and Ben Kisiel (Coventry, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method (500) and apparatus (10-5) for carrying out the method of mitigating fuel in oil in an internal combustion engine of a hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising: determining an amount of fuel flow into the engine oil during one or more cold start phases of engine operation (505); determining an amount of fuel flow into the engine oil during one or more enrichm...