ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,540, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to EPPE SOFTWARE (Bischheim, France).

"Method for measuring the distance between two points in space and telemetry system for implementing such a method" was invented by Alexandre Eppe (Bischheim, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method for measuring the distance between a first point in space and a second point in space includes the following steps: a) providing a spatial reference device including a first reference point and a telemetry device; b) positioning the spatial reference device in space; c) determining the relative position between the first reference point and the first point; ...