ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,612, issued on Dec. 30.

"Method of sizing merchandise in an inventory management system" was invented by Frances Barbaro Altieri (Belmont, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the sizing of merchandise such as clothing, soft goods, and hard goods, including the measurement, tracking, stamping, and security of the merchandise, the managing of an inventory of merchandise, whether at a facility or at a retailer, or in a virtual environment or metaverse over a network or social network. In addition, the present invention encompasses the process of sizing or measurement of the merchandise to the point of s...