ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,120, issued on Aug. 11.
"Visual indication of composite fiber orientation" was invented by Thierry Giorno (Boca Raton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining and indicating the orientation of fibers in a selected portion to be removed from a composite stock panel. The method may include determining the orientation of fibers in a composite stock panel based on a pre-existing indicator carried by the stock panel, and applying a fiber orientation indicating mark to at least part of a selected stock panel portion that is to be separated from the stock panel and from the pre-existing indicator, the fiber orientation ...