ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,073, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Yugen gaisha OKITA Industrial Technology Development (Nishio, Japan).

"Method for manufacturing linear member" was invented by Yoshinari Okita (Nishio, Japan) and Toyoki Okita (Nishio, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a linear member reduces changes in the physical properties of a substance serving as a material for the linear member that may be caused when the substance is formed into a linear shape from powder. A manufacturing device usable for the method for manufacturing a linear member is a device for manufacturing a linear member having a predetermined funct...