ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,778, issued on June 23, was assigned to CNC Software LLC (Tolland, Conn.).

"Systems and methods for generating a tool path using computer aided manufacturing for machining" was invented by Seth Jackson (Tolland, Conn.), Dylan Gondyke (Tolland, Conn.), Mike Johnson (Tolland, Conn.), Dave Conigliaro (Tolland, Conn.), Carlos Carbonera (Tolland, Conn.) and Dustin Peirolo (Tolland, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system of nodes generates machine instructions representing a tool path for a tool to manufacture an object from a workpiece material. The system includes a generator node, adapted to generate and transmit a raw pass packe...