ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,289, issued on June 10, was assigned to LESA-HIDEXE S.A. (Erasme, Luxembourg).

"System for processing and supply of an optimal batch of homogeneous grade hides from multiple tanneries with random qualities" was invented by Johann Wilhelm Gilet (Weiswampach, Luxembourg).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Tannery System (DT), for providing a Batch (LOkr) of Hides (1ij) with a homogeneous Grade (Gkr) from multiple Tanneries (Fi), intended to undergo a Transformation Stage (Se); (i) whose size is greater than the number of Hides having a Grade (Gkr) of each Tannery; and (j) that minimizes or maximizes the statistical numeric Constraint Para...