ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,335, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM BERLIN FUR MATERIALIEN UND ENERGIE GMBH (Berlin).

"Device for rotating a specimen about two orthogonal axes" was invented by Andrei Varykhalov (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a device for rotating a specimen about two orthogonal axes independently, the device comprising at least the following components: a base, a socket which is arranged on the base and rotatable about a first axis, wherein the device further comprises a specimen holder which is arranged rotatably about a perpendicular second axis on the socket and wherein a center of a specimen recep...