US Patent Issued to Gemological Institute of America Inc. (GIA) on Aug. 5 for "Method and system for providing a clarity grade for a gem" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,085, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Gemological Institute of America Inc. (GIA) (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Method and system for providing a clarity grade for a gem" was invented by Marc Verboven (Vloeiende, Belgium), Troy Blodgett (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Dirk Nuyts (Geel, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for generating a clarity grading look-up table includes collecting actual inclusion parameter data for a plurality of gems, where the actual inclusion parameter data includes an actual clarity grade and an actual inclusion parameter data combination. A mathematical relationship between a clarity grade and a part...