ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,009, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GLOBERIDE INC. (Tokyo).

"Fishing condition detection and transmission device" was invented by Takuya Oda (Tokyo) and Yukihisa Miya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a fishing state detection/transmission device that is capable of being provided on a fishing rod, detecting the above-described fishing state accurately and reliably, and transmitting the fishing state to the fishing person. There is provided a fishing state detection/transmission device according to an embodiment of the disclosure that comprises a grip portion and is provided on a fishing rod to which a fishing line ha...