US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on April 15 for "Paint repair process by scenario" (Minnesota, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,038, issued on April 15, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Paint repair process by scenario" was invented by Nicholas D. Richardson (Mahtomedi, Minn.), Brett R. Hemes (Woodbury, Minn.), Mark W. Orlando (Chesterfield Township, Mich.), Juan A. Munoz (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Sarah M. Mullins (St. Paul, Minn.) and Matthew H. Purdin (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and associated system provides automated abrasive paint repair using automated abrasive paint repair devices that selectively sand, buff, and polish a substrate in response to received instructions generated by a controller...