ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,546, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MEKANIKA INC. (Sainte-Marie, Canada) and PRO-AUTOMATION INC. (Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada).

"System and method for automatically sorting and combining board pieces" was invented by Richard Audet (Sainte-Marie, Canada) and Simon Kirouac (Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sorting and combining system for board pieces is provided by the present invention. The system comprises a conveying system for the board pieces in association with at least one robotic arm and accumulating rows. The system may further comprise side rows for additional storing of board pi...