ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,208, issued on Nov. 4.
"Method for automated treating of 3D surfaces" was invented by Lyell Embery (Dandenong South, Australia), Benjamin Saunders (Dandenong South, Australia), Louis Ciancullo (Dandenong South, Australia) and Steven Camilleri (Dandenong South, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating the surface of a 3D object, comprising obtaining a digital 3D shape representation defining characteristics of the object; using a computerised device to convert the 3D shape representation into a digital 2D shape representation defining the 3D surface of the object as it if laid out flat; using the computerised devic...