ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,134, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany).

"Gripping device for transferring a magnetic dipole rod" was invented by Daniel Witsch (Solingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a gripping device for transferring a magnetic dipole rod as well as to a robot with a robot arm, to which the gripping device is attached. The disclosure furthermore relates to a magazine for providing one or more magnetic dipole rods, to a system for transferring a magnetic dipole rod, and to the use of the system. The gripping device for a magnetic dipole rod has a metal bolt made of a ferromagnetic mat...