US Patent Issued to Levi Strauss & Co. on March 11 for "Client-server design tool with 3D preview for laser-finished garments" (Oregon, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,337, issued on March 11, was assigned to Levi Strauss & Co. (San Francisco).

"Client-server design tool with 3D preview for laser-finished garments" was invented by Jennifer Schultz (Beaverton, Ore.), Christopher Schultz (Beaverton, Ore.), Debdulal Mahanty (Fremont, Calif.), James Barton Sights (San Francisco) and Benjamin Bell (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern...