ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,894, issued on July 7, was assigned to BASF COATINGS GMBH (Muenster, Germany).
"Method and a system for assessing and optionally monitoring or controlling the texture of a surface" was invented by Yevgen Zhmayev (Hong Kong), Fatmir Raka (Muenster, Germany), Igor Millbaier (Muenster, Germany), Georg Wigger (Muenster, Germany), Daniel Briesenick (Muenster, Germany) and Harry Libutzki (Muenster, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method for assessing and optionally monitoring or controlling a texture of a surface. Additionally disclosed herein are a system including an input channel connecte...