ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,849, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Auger Torque Europe Ltd. (Cheltenham, Great Britain).

"Articulable-arm-mountable pulverisation apparatus and method of use thereof" was invented by Nick Humphreys (Gloucestershire, Great Britain) and William Oughton (Gloucestershire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulable-arm-mountable pulverisation apparatus (10) is provided for reducing material size. The apparatus (10) includes a material-receiving housing (12) having a material-processing chamber (22a), a discharge outlet portion (22b), and a drive-unit compartment (22c). The apparatus (10) also has an articulable-arm m...