ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,796, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Centric Software Inc. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Guide-assisted capture of material data" was invented by Humberto Roa (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Rammohan Akula (Santa Clara, Calif.), Fabrice Canonge (Coral Gables, Fla.), Nicholas Fjellberg Swerdlowe (New York), Rohit Ghatol (Lewisville, Texas) and Grif Von Holst (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material data collection system allows capturing of material data. For example, the material data collection system may include digital image data for materials. The material data collection system may ensure that captured digital image da...