ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,095, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to IDAHO ASPHALT SUPPLY INC. (Idaho Falls, Idaho).

"Machine, system and method for road construction" was invented by Huachun Zhai (Boise, Idaho), Scott McGowan (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), Alejandro Rosales (Nampa, Idaho) and Douglas R. Olsen (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of building a road is disclosed. The method may include moving a machine over a surface on which the road is to be built, and generating a signal indicative of a texture of the surface during movement of the machine over the surface. The method may also include detecting a location of the texture on the surface,...