ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,525, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).

"Device and method for providing functionalities" was invented by Frank Sieckmann (Wetzlar, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for providing functionalities includes at least one storage unit providing a first parameter set and a second parameter set. The first parameter set indicates which functionalities are to be made available by the device to other devices. The second parameter set indicates which functionalities are to be made available by the other devices to the device. The device further includes a communication interface confi...