ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,987, issued on June 10, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods and apparatus for routing wires of pre-assembled wire harness on form board" was invented by Ty A. Larsen (Everett, Wash.), Bradley J. Mitchell (Bothell, Wash.), Damien O. Martin (Everett, Wash.), Cindy X. Li (Everett, Wash.), Jeffrey A. McCaskey (Everett, Wash.), Grace L. Duncan (Seattle) and Lars E. Blacken (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for automated routing of wires of a wire harness on a form board. A wire harness comprising a wire end connector and a multiplicity of groups of wires is supported and carried by ...