ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,564, issued on Nov. 3.

"Modular manufacturing system and method for use thereof" was invented by Brian A. Walker (New Philadelphia, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular manufacturing system and method for use thereof is provided. The system and method use one or more manufacturing base modules can each have a first side, a second side opposite from the first side, a third side to the left of the first side, a fourth side to the right of the first side, a directional movement portion, and at least one operational attachment attached relative to at least two of the at least three base modules. For a given base module, the direc...