ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,806, issued on May 5, was assigned to TUSAS- TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII A.S. (Ankara, Turkey).

"Optimization system" was invented by Hakan Yavas (Ankara, Turkey), Ahmet Alptug Tanrikulu (Ankara, Turkey), Akin Dagkolu (Ankara, Turkey) and Istemihan Gokdag (Ankara, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device that enables the production of a part by additive manufacturing and a digital model that enables part analysis and/or design to be made in a virtual environment and creates a three-dimensional virtual part model are disclosed. A processor unit enables the designing of the digital model. Multiple unit design cells are used as b...