ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,165, issued on June 24, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES INC. (Worcester, Mass.) and SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France).

"Abrasive articles and methods for forming same" was invented by Daming Zhang (Shanghai), Nilanjan Sarangi (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Zhongya Zhang (Shanghai) and Lu Lu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abrasive article can include a body including abrasive particles contained in the body and ceramic particles contained within a bond material. The ceramic particles can have an average particle size D50c of at least 2 microns and at most 75 microns. The abrasive particles can include ...