ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,405, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Method of operating a microgrid" was invented by Torsten Dubsky (Mainz, Germany), Wolfgang Wiesenmuller (Furth, Germany), Christian Hermsdorf (Langensendelbach, Germany), Florian Bauer (Alzenau, Germany), Jerzy Zablocki (Hasselroth-Gondsroth, Germany) and Thomas Wich (Alzenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a microgrid includes operating one of a plurality of power sources to deliver power to the microgrid. The method also includes measuring a quantity of power delivered to the microgrid, drawing power from the microgrid...