ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,570, issued on Jan. 27.

"Method and apparatus for an interactive compliant manufacturing process" was invented by Shuji Usui (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an aspect, an apparatus for an interactive compliant manufacturing process, wherein the apparatus includes a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to receive a representative part model from a user and determine a correct interpretation of the model. This includes using a function datum received from a user to minimize correlation ambiguity of the representative part model and verifying the indented interpret...