ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,925, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to University of Connecticut (Farmington, Conn.).

"Powder mixing device, and uses thereof" was invented by Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri (South Windsor, Conn.), Tanu Mehta (Willington, Conn.) and Raj Mukherjee (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powder mixing device, having: a stand; a frame mounted to the stand, the frame being rotatable around a first axis of rotation; and a mixing vessel mounted to the frame, the mixing vessel being rotatable around the first axis of rotation; wherein the mixing vessel comprises at least two components, a first segment and a second segment, wherein the f...