ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,657, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to AA Innovations LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Animal reverser device" was invented by Aboutaleb Abarham (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal reverser device can include a housing containing a trap zone adapted to prevent animals from entering a premises via sewer-related tubing. A first tubular connection pipe can connect to drain piping and can protrude downward into the housing. An area formed around the outer surface of the first tubular connection pipe within its protrusion within the housing can create the trap zone. A second tubular connection integrated with a bottom of t...