ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,699, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SHRED-TECH Corp. (Cambridge, Canada).

"Shredder with fluid-immersion shredding chamber" was invented by Robert Campbell Yule (Cambridge, Canada), Kevin Van Dekerkhove (Cambridge, Canada), Constantin Vasilescu (Cambridge, Canada) and Jerrett Timothy Bellamy (Ayr, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a shredder with a fluid-immersion shredding chamber and a sealing assembly for containing fluid in the shredding chamber. For example, the shredding chamber can include a plurality of shredding instruments (e.g., teeth, knives, etc.) that are manipulated (e.g., rotated, sp...