Building component inspection system using CDE and BIM

ChangeBridge: Patent Grants - Business Methods (G06Q)

Published April 7th, 2026

Detected April 7th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO granted Patent US12596980B2 to LEE MING CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. for an inspection system and method for building components using Common Data Environment (CDE) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) platforms. The patent covers digital integration for creating inspection floor pages linked to building component configuration data and inspection forms compliant with ISO 19650 standards. The patent contains 12 claims.

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USPTO issued Patent US12596980B2 on April 7, 2026, granting LEE MING CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. exclusive rights to a building component inspection system utilizing Common Data Environment and Building Information Modeling technologies. The system integrates digital platform-based inspection floor pages with building component link points, configuration data, and inspection forms aligned with ISO 19650 standards.

The patent grants enforceable IP rights in the US market for inspection systems combining CDE and BIM technologies in construction contexts. Competitors developing similar inspection platforms for building components must either design around the claims or seek licensing. The assignee gains 20-year exclusivity from the filing date (September 28, 2023) for commercializing the protected inspection system and method.

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Inspection system and inspection method for building components of building structures based on common data environment and building information modeling

Grant US12596980B2 Kind: B2 Apr 07, 2026

Assignee

LEE MING CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

Inventors

Hsuan-Wei Fu

Abstract

An inspection system for building components of building structures includes a digital environment integration platform based on Common Data Environment and storing several inspection floor pages of a building structure, a server, and a mobile device. The inspection floor pages are created based on Building Information Modeling and respectively have several building component link points respectively linked to configuration data of a building component and an inspection form, which complies with ISO 19650 standards. An inspection method includes sending a floor selection command to the server through the mobile device; acquiring the corresponding inspection floor page from the digital environment integration platform and sending the corresponding inspection floor page to the mobile device by the server for displaying on a screen; displaying, by the mobile device, the configuration data and is linked to the inspection form when a user selects the building component link point displayed on the screen.