ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,925, issued on June 30, was assigned to EPUR (Rodome, France).

"Portable device for machining a workpiece" was invented by Pierre Giusti (Espezel, France), Denis Vinet (Belbeze en Comminges, France) and Olivier Clair (Rodome, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a portable digitally controlled device for machining a workpiece (10) comprising a machining module (200) which comprises: at least one machining head bearing a machining tool; means for moving the machining head along at least two axes perpendicular to each other; a digital control unit configured to be able to control the means for moving the machi...