ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,693, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Festool GmbH (Wendlingen am Neckar, Germany).

"Circular saws including transparent windows that extend within blade guard openings and cover fastening structures" was invented by Jonathan Weik (Filderstadt, Germany) and Wolfgang Spengler (Neidlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circular saws with transparent windows that extend within blade guard openings and cover fastening structures. The circular saws include a motor and an arbor configured to operatively attach a circular saw blade to the circular saw. The circular saws also include a blade guard. The blade guard includes a bla...