ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,253, issued on May 13, was assigned to Essex Solutions USA LLC (Atlanta).

"Visual inspection systems and methods" was invented by Russell Glenn Post (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Daniel Alonso Prieto Jurado (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A visual inspection system that may be utilized to inspect and identify defects in magnet wire or other objects is described. The system may include an outer housing, a light source, and at least one visual inspection device. The housing may include a channel through which an object to be inspected is traversed, and the channel may extend along a longitudinal direction and include an inner...