ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,018, issued on July 8, was assigned to NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE (Tsukuba, Japan).

"Prediction management system, prediction management method, data structure, prediction management device and prediction execution device" was invented by Takuya Kadohira (Tsukuba, Japan), Satoshi Minamoto (Tsukuba, Japan), Makoto Watanabe (Tsukuba, Japan), Masahiko Demura (Tsukuba, Japan), Junya Inoue (Tokyo) and Manabu Enoki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System that makes a prediction regarding a material, including: storing descriptors each describing a parameter regarding processing means, structure, property, or performance o...