ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,904, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Procore Technologies Inc. (Carpinteria, Calif.).

"Computer system and method for coordinating process of creating and managing a punch item" was invented by Mark Weeks (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Nicholas Murphy (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Steven Kang (Porter Ranch, Calif.) and Arsh Kaur (Oxnard, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A punch item management tool may be provided that coordinates and guides the process of taking a punch item from creation to completion. As one possibility, the punch item management tool may coordinate and guide the interactions between a creator of a punch item, a punc...