ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,421, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Schott AG (Mainz, Germany).
"Apparatus for the inspection of a circular elongated element" was invented by Armin Eisner (Leonberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bundle includes five or more circular elongated elements. Each circular elongated element includes: a first end; a cylindrical portion defining an outer diameter of the circular elongated element and a rotation axis of the circular elongated element; and a second end. The first end and/or the second end of each circular elongated element fulfills at least one of the following equations: AROless than equal toA or ARO/ODless th...