ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,830, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to GRACEWOOD MANAGEMENT INC. (West Jordan, Utah).

"Image to pattern enhancement system" was invented by Jim Bagley (West Jordan, Utah), Brad Critchfield (West Jordan, Utah), Sam Bagley (West Jordan, Utah) and Justice Daniels (West Jordan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quilt arrangement engine, a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform quilt arrangement engine operations is disclosed. The engine operations include receiving a digital bitmap image and undertaking process steps ...