US Patent Issued to Columbia Insurance on June 10 for "System and method for testing a surface" (Georgia, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,333, issued on June 10, was assigned to Columbia Insurance Co. (Omaha, Neb.).

"System and method for testing a surface" was invented by Philipe C. F. Aldahir (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Jeremy Dutton (Calhoun, Ga.), Austin Bruce Cole (Cohutta, Ga.), Steven Sutton (Dalton, Ga.) and Trevor Sands (Kennesaw, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for testing a surface are described. An apparatus can be configured to consistently strike a ball to maintain consistent testing conditions. One or more parameters may be determined based on a path of travel of the ball."

The patent was filed on July 11, 2023, under Application No. 18...