ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,612, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Robot-mounted lamp assembly for curing paint" was invented by Xiang Zhao (Novi, Mich.), Hua-tzu Fan (Troy, Mich.), John Patrick Spicer (Plymouth, Mich.), Marcel James Isrow (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Lisa M. Albaugh (Frankfort, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic system is provided. The robot system includes a robot arm, a lamp assembly, and a control module. The robot arm includes a first end and a second end that opposes the first end. The lamp assembly is disposed at the second end of the robot arm and includes at least one ultravi...