ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,057, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Methods of manufacturing a hair trimmer attachment" was invented by Robert Godlieb (Drachten, Netherlands), Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek (Frieschepalen, Netherlands), Rogier Enrico De Haas (Hilversum, Netherlands), Peter Daniel Martijn Van Zoest (Zuidhorn, Netherlands) and Nicky Lewis (Zwolle, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, there is provided a method of manufacturing a hair trimmer attachment for a hair trimmer, the hair trimmer attachment comprising a fixed blade comprising: a skin contacting part forming...