ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,874, issued on July 14, was assigned to X-RITE Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Validation of displays for displaying reference colors" was invented by Matthew Knoll (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Edward Hattenberger (East Aurora, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for scoring color accuracy of color output devices relative to a set of discrete color standards comprises causing a color output device to generate a plurality of discrete colors; measuring the generated plurality of discrete colors; for each color measurement, determining color differences between the color measurement and corresponding reference spectral or colorimetri...