ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,587, issued on June 9, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Shutdown/restart or keep running determinations for aircraft management" was invented by Alexandre Tasse Roy (Varenne, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes obtaining, using at least one processing device, real-time information associated with operation of an aircraft from one or more sensors of the aircraft. The method also includes obtaining, using the at least one processing device, additional information associated with the aircraft, where at least some of the additional information is associated with limited lifetime parts ...