ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,865, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to InBolt (Igny, France).

"Controlling of operations using a tool during production of an assembly of parts" was invented by Louis Dumas (Igny, France), Rudy Cohen (Paris) and Albane Dersy (Neuilly sur Seine, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling operations during production of an assembly of parts is provided. The system includes a tool for performing manual operations on a plurality of elements of the assembly of parts, and locating means integrated at least in part into an electronic module attached to the tool and able to determine a location of at least one operation ...