ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,808, issued on April 14, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.) and Oliver Crispin Robotics Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).

"Method for inspecting an object" was invented by Andrew Crispin Graham (Badminton, Great Britain), Julian Matthew Foxall (Bristol, Great Britain), James Vradenburg Miller (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Walter V. Dixon (Delanson, N.Y.) and Vijay Shirsat (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for inspecting an object includes receiving or determining inspection image data, the inspection image data including an inspection image pixel array with at least one inspection image pi...