ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,826, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SXD INC. (Chatham Township, Jersey).
"Systems and methods for generating a zero-waste design pattern and reduction in material waste" was invented by Shelly Xu (Chatham Township, N.J.) and Tuanfeng Wang (Chatham Township, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses systems and methods for generating a zero-waste design pattern and reduction in fabric/material waste including but not limited to garment(s), furniture, shoes and other accessories, wherein the method comprises the steps of: (i) accepting a target design input comprising a first plurality of cut pieces; (ii...