ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,987, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Dynamic three-dimensional surface sketching" was invented by Oluwaseyi Sosanya (London), Daniela Paredes-Fuentes (London) and Daniel Thomas (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for three-dimensional (3D) surface sketching are provided. A 3D scanner scans an outer surface of a physical object and outputs data representative of the outer surface. A processor generates, based on the received data, a 3D model of the object and outputs a 3D rendering of the object. A display displays the 3D rendering of the object. An input device physically ...