ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,668, issued on April 14, was assigned to Innowep GmbH (Wurzburg, Germany).
"Testing device and method for testing a surface of a test object" was invented by Wolfgang P. Weinhold (Wurzburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing device for testing a surface of a test object using an abrasion ribbon and a load body. The abrasion ribbon is guided from a provision device through a testing area, in which the abrasion ribbon can come into contact with the surface of the test object under the influence of the load body onto the abrasion ribbon, to a take-up device. The take-up device has a drive for moving the abrasion ribbon us...