ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,399, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GUSTAV KLAUKE GMBH (Remscheid, Germany).

"Hand tool designed to be remotely controlled, and tool designed to be remotely controlled" was invented by Egbert Frenken (Heinsberg, Germany) and Andreas Lehr (Neuss, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remotely controlled hand tool includes a grip region and an actuating button. A remotely controlled tool includes a holding region and a triggering means. The hand tool or tool enables favorable remote control by a removable application part held in the grip region or holding region. The hand tool or tool is attached to an automatically movable f...