ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,853, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Three-dimensional shape processing apparatus, three-dimensional shape processing system, method for correcting three-dimensional shape information, and non-transitory recording medium" was invented by Naoki Motohashi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional shape processing apparatus includes circuitry to selectively execute one of first correction processing and second correction processing designated by an instruction operation on an instruction-receiving display component. In the first correction processing, correction of three-dimensional ...