ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,272, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Radia (Plymouth, Minn.).

"Multi-axis mixing" was invented by Stephen John Carlson (Shorewood, Minn.), Ross Robert Neal (Wayzata, Minn.) and Erik John Sundine (Monticello, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-axis mixing apparatus is disclosed that includes a housing and a controller operatively connected to a first motor and a second motor. The apparatus includes a frame supporting the first motor configured to selectively rotate a rotatable assembly. The rotatable assembly supports and provides an operative connection to the second motor configured to selectively rotate a rotatable sub...