ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,959, issued on April 8, was assigned to Stantt Inc. (New York).

"Producing garments from patterns with size grid providing custom-like fit" was invented by Matt Hornbuckle (Hoboken, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Garments are produced from patterns with a size grid that provides custom-like fit for ready-to-wear garments. The patterns are generated from a size chart of groups, sub groups and sub sub groups of anchor measures and priority measures. The size grid for various garments (men, women, children) includes a large number of sizes, anywhere from a few dozen to over two hundred. Given measures of a customer, these measures ...