ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,919, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Method for making an industrial tool, such as an anvil roll" was invented by Klaus Eimann (Zellingen, Germany) and Uwe Schneider (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for making an anvil roll, the method comprising the steps of: providing a cylindrically-shaped body consisting of a first material, wherein the first material is selected from the group consisting of: an iron alloy, an aluminum alloy, and a titanium alloy, and wherein the body comprises an outer circumferential surface; adding one or more metall...