ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,119, issued on Sept. 8.

"Tele-inspection system and method" was invented by Constance Reichert LaMorte (Columbus, Ohio), Paul A. Blomquist (Wells, Maine), Lindsey Lindamood (Columbus, Ohio) and Howard Marotto (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling an inspection process used in a manufacturing environment, comprising installing equipment used for a inspection process in a manufacturing environment; positioning a plurality of sensors within the manufacturing environment wherein the plurality of sensors are configured to gather data from the manufacturing environment; connecting at least one p...