ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,392, issued on May 27, was assigned to SEMES Co. LTD (Chungcheongnam-Do, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for measuring the gap" was invented by Chung Woo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sung Youn Jeon (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), In Kyu Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Yong Seok Jang (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a gap measuring method capable of accurately measuring a gap between adjacent members. The gap measuring method includes preparing an equipment to be measured including a first member and a second member, obtaining a first image by capturing the equipment to be measure...