ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,226, issued on March 24, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio) 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 determining a first inspection package that includes a first inspection image of the object and a first designation. The method includes determining data in...