ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,751, issued on July 14, was assigned to STC Inc. (McLeansboro, Ill.).

"Systems for signaling protected turns at a traffic intersection" was invented by Brad Cross (McLeansboro, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for system for controlling a traffic grid, the system comprising a traffic grid including a first roadway and a second roadway, the second roadway crossing the first roadway at an intersection; a special transit lane included within at least one of the first roadway and the second roadway, the special transit lane being configured to share both personal vehicular traffic and special vehicular traffic; a d...