ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,760, issued on July 29, was assigned to Elemental Machines Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).
"Method and apparatus for process optimization" was invented by Sridhar Iyengar (Salem, N.H.), Ian Harding (Wells, Great Britain) and Casey Peters (Ballston Lake, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining whether a given run of a process having a defined protocol is on a trajectory for successful completion is provided. The method includes the step of initiating a run of the defined protocol of the process. During the initiated run, obtaining information reflecting variables that may affect the quality of the process. A preferred tr...