US Patent Issued to Alchemy Logic Systems on March 4 for "Pinch strength apparatus and methods thereof" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,445, issued on March 4, was assigned to Alchemy Logic Systems Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Pinch strength apparatus and methods thereof" was invented by Grace Alchemy (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Sarah Alchemy (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Bruce Bolon (Roseville, Minn.), Jerry Artz (Saint Paul, Minn.) and John William Alchemy (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An average coefficient of static friction between skin and paper is determined based on pinch-strength measurements and a corresponding maximum weight of bucket and water before slippage occurs. With the coefficient of static friction determined, a pinch-strength threshold for ...