ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,442, issued on May 12, was assigned to AIZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC. (Sapporo, Japan).

"3D object management data, computer program, and distributed management method for 3D object" was invented by Taishi Aizawa (Sapporo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data structure for 3D object management data used for displaying images of digitized 3D objects is disclosed.The data structure includes a registrant identification code to identify the registrant of the 3D object, an object type number specifying the type of the 3D object, an object serial number assigned to the 3D object whose type has been specified in sequential order ...