ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,878, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Sound processing apparatus, sound processing apparatus main body and holder" was invented by Masaru Jinde (Tokyo), Akira Inoue (Tokyo), Chihiro Suzuki (Tokyo) and Shinobu Sugioka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound processing apparatus includes: a main body in which one side surface comes into contact with an ear when worn; and a holder which is detachable from the main body, wherein, the main body is provided with a stepped portion on an outer peripheral edge of an other side surface different from the one side surface in contact with the ear, and th...