ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,943, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Skybrain Vermogensverwaltungs GmbH (Rodermark, Germany).

"Transport device and system for processing workpieces" was invented by Florian KnoB (Frankfurt, Germany) and Bjorn Schneider (Langen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a transport device with at least one transport system for jointly transporting at least one tool and at least one workpiece, wherein the transport system has a ceiling wall, a floor wall spaced apart from the ceiling wall, at least one side wall and at least one intermediate space between the ceiling wall and the floor wall, and wherein t...