ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,891, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DePre LLC (Powell, Tenn.).

"Medical gown and method of donning the same" was invented by Mark Edward Justice (Powell, Tenn.), Sam Griffin (New Tazewell, Tenn.), Todd Max Cupp (New Tazewell, Tenn.), William Todd Klempnauer (Arlington, Texas), Christopher Joseph Schulze (Knoxville, Tenn.), Ethan Edward Valentine (Knoxville, Tenn.), Robert E. Andrews (Falmouth, Maine), Samuel E. Darcy (Cleveland, Wis.), Scott A. Roehrborn (Sheboygan, Wis.) and Jeffrey W. Fritz (Plymouth, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical gown (100) and method of donning are disclosed herein. The medical gown may compri...