ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,075, issued on April 15, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Sample preparation saw" was invented by Bryan J. Kordus (Mount Pleasant, Wis.), Chelsea B. Frid (Chicago), Jeffrey E. Joray (Lake Villa, Ill.), Nanu M. Vahora (Bartlett, Ill.), Sarah M. Beranek (Glenview, Ill.), Michael Shtilman (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) and Douglas A. Ceckowski (Gurnee, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample preparation saw has a base, a housing, a saw assembly mounted to the base, a dressing assembly, a sample clamping assembly mounted to the base, and a reservoir assembly. The saw assembly includes a blade assembly with a rotatin...