ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,157, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SOLUTIONS DAWAY INC. (Brossard, Canada).

"System and method for inspecting and managing roads" was invented by Daniel Bissonnette (Brossard, Canada) and Guylaine Caux (Brossard, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, system and computer readable medium for improving road quality indexes comprising, for each road R1 from a plurality of roads, obtaining two of more datasets comprising: design data, construction data, maintenance data, inspection data, environmental data; from one or more moments in the lifecycle of the road R1. Deriving best practices related to road construction and/or ro...