US Patent Issued to Marathon Petroleum on July 14 for "Apparatus, systems, and methods to manage vegetation along a right-of-way" (Ohio, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,823, issued on July 14, was assigned to Marathon Petroleum Co. LP (Findlay, Ohio).

"Apparatus, systems, and methods to manage vegetation along a right-of-way" was invented by Julia N. Beaschler (Findlay, Ohio), Scott W. Sharpe (Findlay, Ohio) and Thomas Crosby (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling vegetation growth along a right-of-way via a vehicle. In an embodiment, a method may include determining a portion of a right-of-way to traverse. The method may include determining a flow rate per vehicle speed threshold. The method may include initiating operation of the vehicle. The method may include...