ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,710, issued on Sept. 15.

"Automated drawing apparatus, system and method" was invented by Albert Joseph Charpentier (Phoenixville, Pa.) and Joseph Walter Charpentier (Schwenksville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-controlled robot arm is configured to draw on a substrate. The robot is capable of picking up, drawing with, and releasing multiple different drawing implements serially to, for example, prepare a line drawing having a plurality of colors. In a first embodiment, the robot arm picks up and releases a drawing implement vertically. In a second embodiment, the robot arm picks up and releases the drawing implement...