ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,286, issued on April 8, was assigned to CASE-MATE INC. (Atlanta).

"Protective case for electronic device with housing" was invented by Saumil Chetan Mody (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective case for housing a protected device such as audio earbuds. In some examples the case may include a water-resistant seal to prevent damage to the protected device, an impact-resistant outer housing and/or an impact absorbing inner housing portion. The case may include upper and lower portions hingedly or pivotally coupled to one another. In example applications wherein the protected device includes a hinged container, eccentric or ...