ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,197, issued on June 16, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Quality control method for sensor and sensor array production" was invented by Nicholas R. Glavin (Springboro, Ohio), Christopher Muratore (Kettering, Ohio) and Melani K. Muratore (Kettering, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process of making sensors and sensor arrays that provided real time notification of any centerline deviation. Such production process can be adjusted in real time. Thus, large numbers of units can be made-even in millions of per day-with few if any out of specificat...