ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,098, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Norbert Dietl (Regensburg, Germany).

"System for optimized line network use in local public transport and method therefor" was invented by Christoph Dietl (Regensburg, Germany) and Markus Dietl (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for line network use in local public transport with several transport vehicles is disclosed, which are moving on several lines of a line network. Furthermore, a method for optimizing the use of a line network in local public transport is disclosed for this purpose. The line network is made up of a plurality of nodes and thus a plurality of travel sections a...