ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,161, issued on June 2, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Rotary tool and method for manufacturing machined product" was invented by Masahiko Kuroda (Higashiomi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary tool may include a body extending from a front end toward a rear end. The body may include a tip cutting edge, a corner cutting edge, an outer peripheral cutting edge, a first rake surface, a second rake surface, and a third rake surface. The corner cutting edge may extend from the tip cutting edge toward an outer periphery. The outer peripheral cutting edge may extend from the corner cutting edge toward the rear end. ...