ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,872, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Volume Graphics GmbH (Heidelberg, Germany).

"Computer-implemented method for measuring an object" was invented by Soren Schuller (Heidelberg, Germany), Thomas Gunther (Heidelberg, Germany), Daniela Handl (Heidelberg, Germany), Matthias Flessner (Heidelberg, Germany), Christof Reinhart (Heidelberg, Germany), Christoph Poliwoda (Heidelberg, Germany) and Sven Gondrom-Linke (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is measuring an object by: determining measurement data using a device for measuring the object, wherein the measurement data generates a digital representation of ...