ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,464, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Baylor University (Waco, Texas).

"System and method for real-time visualization of defects in a material" was invented by David A. Jack (Waco, Texas), Benjamin M. Blandford (Waco, Texas) and Nathaniel J. Blackman (Hewitt, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a system and method for real-time visualization of a material during ultrasonic non-destructive testing. The system includes a graphical user interface (GUI) capable of showing a three-dimensional (3-D) image of a composite laminate constructed of a series of two-dimensional (2-D) cross sections. The GUI is c...