ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,204, issued on May 13, was assigned to DYST Inc. (Siheung-si, South Korea).

"Device for fixing rope for building cleaning" was invented by Sang Eun Lee (Siheung-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a device for fixing a rope for building cleaning, including: a body case having a loop-receiving portion formed in an open front surface thereof and a fastener-fitting hole formed on an upper portion of the loop-receiving portion; a loop fastener having a loop-fixing plate, a loop-fitting hole formed on one side of the loop-fixing plate, a rope loop rotatably fitted to the loop-fitting hole, and ...