ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,914, issued on May 13, was assigned to Foming Bicycle Parts Co. Ltd. (Fuxing Township, Taiwan).

"Comfortable and pressure-reducing handle grip" was invented by Shang-Tsang Tsai (Fuxing Township, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A comfortable and pressure-reducing handle grip contains a tube and a sleeve. The sleeve includes a first gripping portion and a second gripping portion. The first gripping portion has an internal segment and an external segment. An X axis is defined in forward and backward directions of the second gripping portion, a Y axis is defined in left and right directions of the second gripping portion, and a Z a...