ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,299, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Dentsply Sirona Inc. (York, Pa.).

"Package for drills, a method and an arrangement therefore" was invented by Henrik Johansson (Partille, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a package for a drill. The package has a protecting portion arranged to house a cutting portion of said drill in a contact free manner and a locking portion arranged to hold a tool engaging portion of said drill. The locking portion and the protecting portion are movable relative each other and the drill is releasable from the locking portion by a movement of the locking portion relative the prote...