ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,494, issued on June 10, was assigned to CASE-MATE INC. (Atlanta).

"Suction attachment accessory for portable electronic devices" was invented by Saumil Chetan Mody (Atlanta), Jacob Andrew McKenzie (Smyrna, Ga.) and Andrew Harper (Lilburn, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment accessory for attaching a mobile electronic device to a support surface, including a device attachment portion configured for attachment to the mobile electronic device, and a support surface attachment portion including at least one suction cup. In some embodiments, the device attachment portion includes one or more magnetic elements configured for m...