ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,135, issued on May 6, was assigned to nVariate Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Associativity and resolution of computer-based models and data" was invented by Benjamin Urick (Roseville, Calif.), Daniel L. Keller (Waitsfield, Vt.) and Richard H. Crawford (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and computer systems for methods, computer systems, and computer-readable memory media for constructing a system model. A first computer-aided x (CAx) model of a tangible object is received that is described in a first CAx model domain and includes a first model-based definition (MBD) and first CAx product manufacturing information (PMI). T...