US Patent Issued to CORNELL UNIVERSITY on June 17 for "Optimizing bra sizing according to the 3D shape of breasts" (New York, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,595, issued on June 17, was assigned to CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Optimizing bra sizing according to the 3D shape of breasts" was invented by Jie Pei (Greenville, Texas), Jintu Fan (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Susan P. Ashdown (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for developing a sizing system through categorization and selection of prototypes, which can be regarded as the most appropriate fit model, is described. Once categorized and prototypes are selected, recommendations for the sizing of a target body part may be issued."

The patent was filed on July 22, 2022, under Application No. 17/871,501.

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