ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,509, issued on July 28, was assigned to Ceratizit Austria Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Reutte, Austria).

"Side milling cutter" was invented by Remus Venturini (Reutte, Austria) and Christian Goberl (Reutte, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side milling cutter includes a main body extending along an axis from a first end with an interface for connection to a rotational drive to a free second end, receiving a bearing face for a disc-shaped cutter holder. The cutter holder is fastened to the second end and supported with a first main surface, facing the main body, on the bearing face, having an outer circumference projecting radially fr...