ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,652, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"System and method for local replacement of 3D printed components" was invented by Charlotte Thomas Creech (San Antonio), Michael Kyne (Saint Petersburg, Fla.), Madhusudhana Rao Abburi (San Antonio), Shayla Leigh Callis (Simi Valley, Calif.) and Steven Robert Seigler (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for verifying and managing claims involving three-dimensional (3D) print structures and components thereof is disclosed. The system employs a verification model that is trained to detect whether a given struc...