US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Michigan Technological University on July 28 for "Optimal control theory approach for power grid EMP protection" (New Mexico, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,303, issued on July 28, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Michigan Technological University (Houghton, Mich.).

"Optimal control theory approach for power grid EMP protection" was invented by Timothy James Donnelly (Albuquerque, N.M.), David G. Wilson (Tijeras, N.M.), Rush Robinett III (Tijeras, N.M.) and Wayne Weaver (Hancock, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) or solar-geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) can introduce geomagnetically-induced currents (GICs) flowing through grounded power transformers that have the potential to se...