ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,463, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Drill jigs for positioning mounting holes using metrology processes, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Robert Allen Davey (Seattle), James A. DeLand (Selah, Wash.), Barry Theophile Cooke (Black Diamond, Wash.), Michael D. Richardson (Mukilteo, Wash.), Christopher C. Hamlet (Titusville, Fla.), Max L. Mayfield (Rockledge, Fla.), Joseph J. McGahhey (Des Moines, Wash.), Dario I. Valenzuela (Merritt Island, Fla.) and Gavin R. Ryan (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drill jigs for positioning mounting holes using m...