ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,379, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to ATS CORPORATIO (Cambridge, Canada).

"Systems and methods for diagnosing manufacturing systems" was invented by Amy Carter (Cambridge, Canada), Gregory Sullivan (Cambridge, Canada), Cody Howarth (Cambridge, Canada) and Kevin Boronka (Cambridge, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for observing a manufacturing line, wherein the manufacturing line includes at least one robotic element for moving at least one part, the method comprising receiving, at a processor separate from the manufacturing line, sensor data about the at least one robotic element, and w...