ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,616, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Ardent LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Castable object system" was invented by Wayson Wight (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A castable object includes: a structure including a first distal end and a second distal end; a fastener coupled to the first distal end, where the fastener is configured to couple to a fishing system; and a first fastening surface attached to at least the second distal end, where the castable object is configured to be cast by the fishing system onto a target, and where the first fastening surface is configured to removably attach to a second fastening surface of th...