ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,909, issued on May 13, was assigned to Corning Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Method and apparatus for high resolution measurement of a workpiece" was invented by Jeffrey Thomas Drake (Corning, N.Y.), Russell Wayne Madara (Corning, N.Y.), Brett Christopher Shelton (Corning, N.Y.), Jay Katsuhiko Stearns (Corning, N.Y.), Eric Daniel Treacy (Beaver Dams, N.Y.), David John Worthey (Pine City, N.Y.) and Amanda Nicole Yoder (Christiansburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are described herein for inspection of a workpiece, such as a honeycomb body. The methods and systems include collecting a plurality of images of the honey...