ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,727, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG (Hanau, Germany).
"Method for heat treating an object" was invented by Kaan Ustuner (Hanau, Germany), Matthias Katter (Hanau, Germany), Christoph Brombacher (Hanau, Germany) and Daniela Benedikt (Hanau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided in which a lower box comprising a base, walls that surround the base and an open side, and an upper box comprising a cover, walls that surround the cover and an open side are provided. One or more objects are arranged on the base of the lower box. The object(s) are covered with the upper box such that the op...