ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,943, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to GLOBERIDE INC. (Tokyo).

"Fishing reel and corrosion member mounted on fishing reel" was invented by Hideki Jo (Tokyo) and Tomoaki Sakiyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present disclosure, in a fishing reel that comprises component members of various types arranged in a reel body, winds up a fishing line around a spool, and releases the fishing line that has been wound up around the spool, the component members are arranged in a contact state or a proximity state, the component members comprising different types of materials that are different in a raw material, and a c...