US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Sept. 8 for "Robotic repair control systems and methods" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,441, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Robotic repair control systems and methods" was invented by Jonathan B. Arthur (Hudson, Wis.), Aaron K. Nienaber (Maplewood, Minn.), Nicholas G. Amell (Minneapolis), Thomas J. Strey (River Falls, Wis.), Erich A. Mielke (St. Paul, Minn.), Talha Ahsan (St. Paul, Minn.), Vincent J.L. Chevrier (St. Paul, Minn.), Thaine W. Fuller (Lakeland, Minn.) and Brett R. Hemes (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging and repair system (100) is presented that includes a first imaging system (110) configured to image and detect a defect on a work...