ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,345, issued on May 27.
"Fishing lure producing electromagnetic fields" was invented by Timothy J. Swanson (Cologne, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fishing lures are disclosed herein. One fishing lure, includes a body having a front portion and a back portion wherein the front and back portion are constructed and arranged such that at least one of the portions can move with respect to the other portion and an electromagnetic field generation system having a magnet and a coil of conductive wire wherein the wire has a contact at each end of the coil and wherein the magnet and the coil are separated from each other such that the ma...