ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,635, issued on May 5, was assigned to McKesson Corp. (Irving, Texas).

"Methods and systems for supply chain analytics using visualizations and standardization constructs" was invented by Anshul Kumar (Glen Allen, Va.), Bethann Maynard (Mechanicsville, Va.) and Jacob Hookom (Chaska, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for improving supply chain management interfaces and functionality. The supply chain management interfaces may provide visualizations of one or more standardization constructs associated with an organization and locations thereof. A standardization construct may be generated ...