ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,255, issued on June 2, was assigned to Woodpeckers LLC (Strongsville, Ohio).

"Up-spiral router bit having a profile and method of use" was invented by Benjamin T. Wollenburg (North Olmsted, Ohio) and Hanna Geiger (Olmsted Falls, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A router bit that includes a shank end, a boring end opposite to the shank end, a drill axis that is defined between the shank end and the boring end, a shank that extends from the shank end and is adapted to engage with a chuck of a router, and a body that extends from the shank to the boring end and defines a non-linear profile. The router bit also includes a pair of cutti...