US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 3 for "Method for computer analysis of as-programmed surface quality of composite structure" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,149, issued on June 3, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Method for computer analysis of as-programmed surface quality of composite structure" was invented by Matthew S. Stauffer (Ladson, S.C.), Kayley E. Seawright (Charleston, S.C.), Russell A. Strope (Mount Pleasant, S.C.), Michael S. Lindgren (Ravenal, S.C.), Daniel E. Gonsor (Summerville, S.C.) and Ashutosh Mani (Summerville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for computer analysis of a quality of an as-programmed surface of a composite laminate. A first data set representing an as-programmed top surface is generated based on as-programmed ply definitions...