ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,515, issued on June 24, was assigned to ROCTOOL (Le Bourget du Lac, France).

"Induction heating device for molding parts with small dimensions" was invented by Jose Feigenblum (Saint Paul, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a mold for small-sized parts, comprising a casing configured to be assembled on a press platen (101, 102) the casing comprising a housing receiving an insert; the insert comprising a housing for a die comprising a molding surface (121, 122); a device for heating the die, the device comprising a rod (131, 132) made of a material susceptible to induction heating mounted in the insert (350...