ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,642, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HEXAGON INNOVATION HUB GMBH (Heerbrugg, Switzerland).

"Coordinate measuring system" was invented by Claudio Iseli (Au, Switzerland) and Frank Valpertz (Drolshagen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coordinate measuring system for determining 3D coordinates of an object, comprising a coordinate measuring device comprising an arrangement of sensors configured to generate measurement data from which 3D coordinates of measurement points on the object are derivable, and a computing device configured to determine, based on the measurement data, 3D coordinates of the measurement points, and for...