ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,441, issued on July 7, was assigned to ES EQUIPMENT HOLDING AB (Munkedal, Sweden).

"Hand-held cutting device" was invented by Martin Bergstrand (Karlstad, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held cutting device having a main body (6) including a handle (62) and a cutting head (63). The cutting device having a cutting element (4) attached to the cutting head (63), a guiding and supporting element (2) extending from the cutting head (63). The guiding and supporting element (2) and cutting head (63) being arranged to form a protecting periphery such that any part of a cutting edge (4A) of the cutting element (4) does not protrud...