ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,127, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AB Sandvik Coromant (Sandviken, Sweden).

"Cutting tool" was invented by Linus Von Fieandt (Sandviken, Sweden) and Katalin Boor (Sandviken, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting tool includes a substrate at least partially coated with a 1-25 micro metre coating. The substrate is of cemented carbide or cermet and the coating includes one or more layers, wherein at least one layer is a W(CxN1-x)y layer, and wherein 0.6less than equal toxless than equal to0.8 and 1.1less than equal toyless than equal to1.8 and with a layer thickness of 1-20 micro metre."

The patent was filed on May 6, 20...