ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,679, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Fulian Yuzhan Precision Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Polishing fixing device and polishing apparatus" was invented by Zhi-Gang Zhao (Shenzhen, China), Hsing-Chih Hsu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Bin Liu (Shenzhen, China), Chong-Zhen Wang (Shenzhen, China), Lang Ding (Shenzhen, China), Xing-Long Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Zhao-Heng Meng (Shenzhen, China) and Zhi Peng (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polishing apparatus includes a polishing device, a polishing fixing device, and a controller. The polishing fixing device includes a rotating mechanism, a sensor, a movement compen...