ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,096, issued on May 12, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).

"Measurement and determination of crystallographic texture with respect to position" was invented by Michael George Glavicic (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method includes measuring, by at least one of a polarized light device, a spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy device, or an eddy current device, an alpha phase data set indicative of an alpha phase of a crystalline structure of a material. The method includes receiving, by processing circuitry, the alpha phase data set, wherein the alpha phase data set comprises a plurality of pix...