ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,557, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to YANSHAN UNIVERSITY (Hebei, China) and SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (Shandong, China).

"Ceramic tool with integrated temperature sensing and cutting functions, preparation method and application thereof" was invented by Chuanzhen Huang (Qinhuangdao, China), Jinrui Li (Qinhuangdao, China), Zhenyu Shi (Jinan, China), Zhen Wang (Qinhuangdao, China), Longhua Xu (Qinhuangdao, China), Dun Liu (Jinan, China), Shuiquan Huang (Qinhuangdao, China), Xiaolan Bai (Jinan, China) and Yabin Guan (Qinhuangdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic tool with integrated temperature sensing and cutting functions and ...