US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Oct. 7 for "Pick and place system" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,577, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"Pick and place system" was invented by Ashleigh Raoul Nesbit (Williamstown, Australia), Andrew Klimovski (Melbourne, Australia), Shaun McFetridge (Strathmore, Australia) and Johanna Austin (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pick and place system and methods of use are presented. The pick and place system comprises a backing plate, a porous facesheet, and a flow generator. The backing plate is configured to direct air flow within the pick and place system. The porous facesheet is secured to the backing plate. The flow generator is configured to provid...