ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,736, issued on May 26.
"Method and system for distributed manufacturing" was invented by Gerald McLaughlin (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed. The method, when implemented in a computer system, includes obtaining product information, selecting a production node from a plurality of production nodes, and communicating production information to the production node. The product information is configured to facilitate production of a product. The selecting performed by the computer system comprises determining a physical location of a destination of the product and identif...