US Patent Issued to KORLOY on Oct. 6 for "Cutting insert and cutting tool on which same is mounted" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,350, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KORLOY INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cutting insert and cutting tool on which same is mounted" was invented by Nam Seon Lee (Cheongju-si, South Korea), Min Seok Oh (Cheongju-si, South Korea) and Young Heum Kim (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting insert comprises four rectangular upper surfaces extending between two opposing side surfaces, and cutting edge portions formed where the side surfaces and the upper surfaces are connected. The cutting edge portions comprise a second main cutting edge formed on the long sides of the upper surfaces and a first main cutting edge...