ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,791, issued on Jan. 13.
"Systems, methods, and software for generating, customizing, and automatedly e-mailing a request for quotation for fabricating a computer-modeled structure from within a CAD program" was invented by James L. Jacobs II (Rye Beach, N.H.) and Steven M. Lynch (Hudson, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an exemplary embodiment, software made in accordance with the present invention generates a request for quote (RFQ) based on user-provided information, presents a user interface allowing a user to customize the RFQ, generates an e-mail including the RFQ, and sends the e-mail to one or more suppliers. Various cor...