US Patent Issued on July 29 for "Book construction with die-cut holes demonstrating readily decodable words in ongoing story" (New York, Maryland, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,823, issued on July 29.

"Book construction with die-cut holes demonstrating readily decodable words in ongoing story" was invented by Audrey OConnell (Sussex, N.J.), Nancy K. OConnell (New York) and Patricia Kraemer (Owings Mills, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application is a book construction, designed to be used in multiple children's books, utilizing strategically placed die-cut holes in an ongoing story that can deliver structured and intentional practice in decoding words. This includes identifying alphabet letters, identifying sounds assigned to letters, and identifying sounds assigned to recognizable letter p...