ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,857, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to McLaren Automotive Ltd. (Woking, Great Britain).

"Tape deposition system" was invented by Claudio Santoni (Woking, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape deposition system, the system comprising: a platform moveable around a closed path in a first direction, the platform having a deposition surface; and a tape deposition head configured to apply lengths of tape along a deposition direction to the deposition surface, the platform being moveable past the deposition head around the closed path along the deposition direction to apply lengths of tape to the deposition surface; and where...