ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,617, issued on May 20.
"Automated manufacturing architectural millwork" was invented by Robert Anthony Baker (Washington).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for making made-to-order architectural millwork of custom dimensions; including the design of wood joints and a system for deploying them within the overall structural design of individual architectural millwork units, as well as methods for online design and ordering, automated writing of machine code, robotic part preparation, and simplified on-site installation. With the automation and generation of digital code for manufacturing custom architectural components,...