ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,057, issued on July 1, was assigned to Canvas Construction Inc. (San Francisco).

"Automated drywall painting system and method" was invented by Maria J. Telleria (Redwood City, Calif.), Gabriel F. Hein (Albany, Calif.), Kevin B. Albert (San Francisco), Thomas F. Allen (Oakland, Calif.), Henrik Bennetsen (San Francisco), Josephine Marie Pedersen (Martinez, Calif.), Jonathan B. Pompa (Long Beach, Calif.), Charlie Yan (San Francisco), Alana G. R. Yoel (San Francisco), Miles J. Flannery (San Francisco) and Henry Tonoyan (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated painting system that includes a robotic arm and a painting en...