US Patent Issued to Microtech Knives on March 18 for "Fixed blade knife" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,849, issued on March 18, was assigned to Microtech Knives Inc. (Mills River, N.C.).

"Fixed blade knife" was invented by Anthony L. Marfione (Mills River, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixed blade knife includes a first scale having a first scale inner surface and a second scale opposed to the first scale having a second scale inner surface. A blade has a cutting edge that extends from the first and second scales and a tang that extends between the first scale inner surface and the second scale inner surface. A first recess in the first scale inner surface extends from the first scale inner surface partially through the first...