ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,263, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to C. R. Onsrud Inc. (Troutman, N.C.).

"Data processing manufacturing control system for CNC machinery" was invented by Thomas Alexander Hazel (Davidson, N.C.) and Jeffrey Thomas Onsrud (Mooresville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods utilize a CNC machine and include processor(s) that initiate display of a cutting program for cutting, via a cutting tool of the CNC machine, a block of material, where the cutting program sets a bounded region for cutting into the block of material. A selection of a first part from catalogued part(s) is received, and based thereon (i) G-code dat...