ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,286, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LIEBHERR-FRANCE SAS (Colmar, France).

"Method for monitoring and/or performing a movement of an item of machinery, and item of machinery and computer program product" was invented by Anton Renner (Stuttgart, Germany), Hannes Wind (Stuttgart, Germany) and Oliver Sawodny (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring and/or performing a movement of an item of machinery wherein the item of machinery comprises a movement device with a tool for picking up material, which comprises at least two components, each of which is movable via at least one...