ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,019, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to BotBuilt Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for automated cutting of lumber" was invented by Daniel Levy (Durham, N.C.), Christopher Barrett Ames (Durham, N.C.), Dylan Vassily (Durham, N.C.) and David Miron (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for automated cutting of lumber are disclosed. The system includes a loading module that receives lumber from a loading area and places the lumber on a cutting table. The system includes an actuating module that receives the lumber from the loading module, inspects the lumber, records lumber information based on the insp...