ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,246, issued on March 4, was assigned to Altenloh Brinck & Co. U.S. Inc. (Bryan, Ohio).

"Trowel sealant dispensing system" was invented by Jason R. Wigboldy (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealant dispensing system includes a sealant dispensing trowel having a handle and a trowel pad, where the trowel pad includes a trowel surface having an opening thereon through which sealant is configured to flow for applying sealant to a building surface. The trowel pad further includes a concave portion on the trowel surface with the trowel pad including a leading edge and a trailing edge with the concave portion extending t...