ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,788, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Centric Software Inc. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Method, system, and computer-readable storage medium for product recommendations using three-dimensional models from body scans" was invented by Humberto Roa (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Ronald S. Watson (Los Gatos, Calif.), Ravi Rangan (Bothell, Wash.), Chris Groves (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Bandel Carano (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes software that allows users to use one or more sources of sizing information to make purchasing decisions. The system uses three-dimensional (or 3D) scans of customers to make apparel reco...