ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,741, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to EVOLUTIVE LABS Co. LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Stand for a handheld device, means thereof, and a protective case having same" was invented by Jui-Chen Lu (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a stand for hand-held device and a protective case comprising the stand. The stand comprises a first plate, a second plate and a lifting device between the first plate and the second plate. The inner end of the first plate and the inner end of the second plate are pivoted with each other to form a pivoting portion. The lifting device controls the free end portion of the fir...