ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,391, issued on June 9, was assigned to Spectrohm Inc. (McLean, Va.).
"Gravity-fed tomography system" was invented by Timothy L. Cargol (McLean, Va.), Leo S. Ludwick (Potomac, Md.) and Conner Dickson (Sterling, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and computer readable memory are disclosed for constructing a three-dimensional tomogram using a gravity-fed tomography system. A gravity-fed tomography system may generate a three-dimensional image through a barrier. The system may include a chute. The chute may be configured to receive a three-dimensional object having x-, y- and, z-dimensions. The chute may be configured to...