ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,988, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) and AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Method for control of a system of charging points composed of at least two charging points and a charging point for use in a system of charging points" was invented by Christian Lucas (Braunschweig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for control of a system of charging points composed of at least two charging points, each of which is outfitted with at least one solid oxide fuel cell and with a high-voltage battery electrically connected or electrically connectible to the solid oxide fuel cell, where ...