ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,608, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NANO TECH Co. Ltd. (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea).

"Cutting insert" was invented by Sang Ho Lim (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea) and Jin Hyeong Kim (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting insert includes a first side cutting edge formed at an edge portion where a first side surface, which is one of the side surfaces, meets an upper surface or a lower surface; a second side cutting edge formed at an edge portion where a second side surface, which is one of the side surfaces, meets the upper surface or the lower surface; and a corner cutting edge located between...