ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,031, issued on May 20, was assigned to HOLE OPENER CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL (Lafayette, La.).
"Fingertip protective cover" was invented by Paden Joseph Alleman (Lafayette, La.), Jonathan Adam Moore (Youngsville, La.) and Richard Allan Moore (Broussard, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fingertip protective cover to reduce transmission of germs, viruses and the like when a person's fingertip contacts a touchscreen, such as are used on many electronic devices. A dome shaped main body has a convex top surface, adapted for contact with touchscreen contact points. A bottom surface has a concave recess for receiving a portion of a huma...