ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,646, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Global cooling via aircraft" was invented by Nathan D. Hiller (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided that enables aircraft to contribute to global cooling by flying at select locations, altitudes, and times. An aircraft will deviate from its planned departure time and flight path to "harvest" prime sections of the atmosphere. Consequently, just as passengers have the option to lower their ticket prices by choosing inconvenient departure times and longer indirect flights, adoption of the method by the airline industry will enable p...