ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,647, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Novatron Oy (Pirkkala, Finland).

"Method for determining location specific as-built performance value in earthworks construction site" was invented by Petri Moisio (Pirkkala, Finland), Petteri Palviainen (Pirkkala, Finland), Mikko Vesanen (Pirkkala, Finland) and Antti Kolu (Pirkkala, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a location specific as-built performance value in an earthworks construction site comprises determining an earthworks information model of the earthworks construction site, determining a location of a tool of an earthworks machine in the earthworks const...