US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Dec. 30 for "Measurement system including reflector" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,466, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Measurement system including reflector" was invented by John A. Wheatley (Stillwater, Minn.), William Gray (Woodbury, Minn.), Bharat R. Acharya (Woodbury, Minn.), Aaron M. Marcella (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Stephen M. Kennedy (St. Paul, Minn.), Brett J. Sitter (Marine on St. Croix, Minn.), Michael L. Steiner (New Richmond, Minn.), Mark A. Roehrig (Stillwater, Minn.), Jonah Shaver (St. Paul, Minn.) and Jessica E. DeMay (Maplewood, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement system is disclosed and includes a light source, a receiver, a meas...