ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,170, issued on May 19, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Method and system for automated detection and interpretation of anomalies" was invented by Peter Geoffrey Rhodes (Bridgeton, Mo.), Li Chun Chang (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) and James Y. Lee (La Habra, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for aircraft maintenance is provided. The method includes monitoring sections and components of an aircraft using sensors. The method includes detecting, by the sensors, anomalies in the aircraft. The method includes transmitting, responsive to the detection, real-time data from the sensors to a computer...