ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,841, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HERRMANN ULTRASCHALLTECHNIK GMBH & Co. KG (Karlsbad, Germany).

"Processing element comprising a structural element" was invented by Robin Alexander Bode (Pforzheim, Germany), Raquel Roussel-Garcia (Pforzheim, Germany) and Timo Zink (Karlsruhe, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a processing element for processing a material, such as, e.g. a sonotrode or an anvil, having a substantially cylindrical or cylinder-segment-shaped carrier surface which is intended to come into contact with the material during processing, the processing element being provided to be ...