ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,717, issued on July 14, was assigned to TEC Competence UG (haftungsbeschr{umlaut over ( )}ankt) & Co. KG (Koblenz, Germany).

"Method for evaluating 3D data representing a 3D shape, auxiliary device obtained using such 3D data, and method for obtaining such 3D data" was invented by Barbara Maria Jost (Koblenz, Germany) and Michael Rieser (Koblenz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for evaluating data representing the three-dimensional shape of at least a portion of the surface of a human being or animal, in the following referred to as 3D data, wherein 3D data of at least two data sets, each representing the...