ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,057, issued on July 22, was assigned to INVENTUS HOLDINGS LLC (Juno Beach, Fla.).

"Method for replacing at least one tooth of a gear" was invented by Drake J. Viscome (Jupiter, Fla.), Julia D. Batts (Jupiter, Fla.) and Martin E. Lohan (Palm City, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of replacing at least one tooth of a gear includes providing a tool jig including a mounting block with a plurality of indexing jig features. The tool jig also includes a tool-supporting feature in laterally movable contact with a jig rail feature. With at least one indexing jig feature, relative motion of the tool jig relative to the gear is resi...