ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,446, issued on July 29, was assigned to PERIMETRICS INC. (Redmond, Wash.).
"Determining structural characteristics of an object" was invented by James C. Earthman (Irvine, Calif.), Cherilyn G. Sheets (Newport Beach, Calif.), John Michael Elam (Woodland Hills, Calif.) and Robert Hayman (Kirkland, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a devic...