ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,104, issued on April 14, was assigned to HUECK Rheinische GmbH (Viersen, Germany).

"Pressing tool and method for producing a press plate" was invented by Ali Kaouk (Viersen, Germany), Thorsten Hagedorn (Krefeld, Germany) and Berthold Tholen (Viersen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressing tool for producing a workpiece having a pressing surface comprises a base structure and at least two ceramic layers which are arranged on top of one another on the surface and form the pressing surface, of which one of the ceramic layers is a full-surface ceramic layer with one degree of gloss and the other is a partial ceramic layer wit...