ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,012, issued on March 4, was assigned to Banner Engineering Corp. (Minneapolis).

"Field installable laser alignment tool" was invented by Matthew Michael Gelineau (Minneapolis) and John Klesk (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to an alignment system including an alignment source module (ASM) and an alignment indicator module (AIM) configured to be releasably coupled to a first unit and a second unit, respectively, of a pair of optoelectronic arrays. In an illustrative example, the ASM may be oriented, when coupled, to emit an optical beam in substantial alignment with a first optical ax...