ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,391, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Inner Mongolia University of Technology (Hohhot, China).

"High-frequency vibration nicking device and high-frequency vibration nicking method for microbead surfaces" was invented by Yong Shi (Hohhot, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The high-frequency vibration nicking device for microbead surfaces includes a high-frequency vibration assembly and a container. Microbeads or mixed materials of the microbeads and a grinding material are filled in the container, and the vibration output end of the high-frequency vibration assembly is connected with the container to perform high-frequency vibrat...