ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,069, issued on July 21, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Method and apparatus for setting up welding parameters" was invented by Scott Ryan Rozmarynowski (Greenville, Wis.) and Chris J. Roehl (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a disclosure for a welding system with a display device configured to display an electronic parameter chart for use in setting up the welding system for use."

The patent was filed on June 9, 2016, under Application No. 15/177,435.

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