ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,475, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Numerical control device and control method" was invented by Daisuke Uenishi (Yamanashi, Japan) and Tomohiro Oyamada (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are: a numerical control device with which it is possible to easily perform a cutting process; a control method; and a processing program. The numerical control device comprises: a processing program analysis unit that analyzes commands that a machine tool can perform simultaneously, from one line of the processing program for commanding the machine tool before and after the cutting proces...