ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,160, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Glass Tats LLC.
"Water-soluble sticker for marking glassware" was invented by Maya Pacheco (Larkspur, Calif.) and Corinne Golden (Corte Madera, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At parties and other social gatherings, drinks are typically served in non-descript glassware. As a result, patrons may be unable to distinguish their glass from others once they are set down on a table. Unintentionally swapping glasses can be unsanitary and wasteful (increasing costs for the host of the event). To solve these problems, the inventors have created an easy way for people to mark their glassware with i...