ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,844, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ROLLOMATIC S.A. (Rue des Pres Bugnons, Switzerland).
"Method for producing a cutting tool" was invented by Christian Krumm (Cortebert, Switzerland), Carole Moureaux (Morteau, France) and Thibaut Saillard (Besancon, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a cutting tool including a tool body including a hard coating, the method comprising: applying the hard coating to the tool body at least in an area of a cutting edge, a flank, and a chipping surface; depositing the hard coating on a surface of the tool body, of the cutting tool in an area of the cutting edge, of the flank ...