ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,078, issued on June 10, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Cutting insert, cutting tool, and method for manufacturing machined product" was invented by Hironori Nishikoori (Yasu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting insert has an upper surface having a long side, a short side, a lower surface, a lateral surface and a through hole. The lateral surface has a first lateral surface. The first lateral surface has a first plane that is overlapped with a central axis of the through hole in a front view and is parallel to the central axis, a second plane that is located closer to the short side than the first plane and ...