ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,507, issued on July 7, was assigned to FIERY LLC (Fremont, Calif.).

"Fabric printing on nested patterns, and associated print systems and products thereof" was invented by Asaf Landau (Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel), Ron Grinfeld (Givatayim, Israel) and Ghilad Dziesietnik (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods that couple effective nesting of fabric, as part of a textile cutting process, in which designs and/or graphic elements are directly printed on the nested elements, instead of on the entire textile sheet. Embodiments of the invention can address issues of waste and redundant printing, such as by starting ...