US Patent Issued to The Gillette on March 17 for "Razor blade" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,547, issued on March 17, was assigned to The Gillette Co. LLC (Boston).

"Razor blade" was invented by Bin Shen (Shanghai), Yongqing Ju (Millis, Mass.), Kenneth James Skrobis (Maynard, Mass.), William Owen Jolley (Sutton, Mass.) and Thorsten Knobloch (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A razor blade is provided comprising a substrate comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may comprise first and second generally parallel outer surfaces. The second portion may comprise first and second sections separated by a split line. The first section may comprise a first facet extending directly from the fi...