ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,825, issued on April 14, was assigned to Viavi Solutions Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Multi-instrument, multi-technician, and multi-job integration in a test process automation system for networks" was invented by Michael D. Gotwals (Indianapolis) and Walter L. Miller (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-job, multi-job, multi-technician test process automation system is provided. The test process automation system allows a supervisory user to define and assign multiple jobs, where each job may include multiple tests. The jobs may be assigned to different technicians and or different testing devices. Once the tests are pe...