ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,975, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TUSAS-TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII A.S. (Ankara, Turkey).

"Powder production system" was invented by Sertac Altinok (Ankara, Turkey), Ahmet Alptug Tanrikulu (Ankara, Turkey) and Hakan Yavas (Ankara, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to A powder production system comprising a body (2), at least one mill (3) located on the body (2) so as to rotate about its axis, more than one ball (b) being located in the mill (3), the balls (b) acting on a material to be ground (m) therein by exerting frictional and impact forces on the material to be ground (m) so that the material ...