ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,442, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to BIC Violex Single Member S.A. (Anoixi, Greece).

"Cutting members with multiple cutting edges" was invented by Georgios Katsikas (Anoixi, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting member may include a base portion that couples the cutting member to a razor cartridge being formed of a single sheet of material or multiple fixedly connected sheets of material. The base portion may define two opposite broad surfaces and edges connecting the broad surfaces, a first cutting edge portion connected to one edge of the base portion and extending at an angle in a first direction, and a second cutti...