ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,249, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Mirka Ltd (Jepua, Finland).

"Abrasive product" was invented by Christer Kavander (Nykarleby, Finland), Courtney Hede (Voyri, Finland), Anders Haggblom (Hirvlax, Finland) and Jan Gron (Vora, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This specification relates to a solution for overcoming the problem of loose loops formed by cutting the abrasive products. A method of obtaining an abrasive product (100) is provided. The method comprises providing a substrate (101, 201, 301) having a first surface (101a, 201a, 301a) and a second surface (101b, 201b, 301b, 501b), providing abrasives (102, 202, 302) o...