Queen鈥檚 Partnerships and Innovation is pleased to report the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 12,500,529 "Modulation Methods and Controller for Neutral Point Clamped Converter" on December 16, 2025 to Javad Ebrahimi Jouzdani, Alireza Bakhshai, and Hamidreza Karshenas. The patent relates generally to control methods and controllers that balance power losses and capacitor currents by controlling switching devices of neural point clamped converters.