ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,387, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Jackpocket LLC (New York).

"Methods of operating an adjustment mechanism for a roller scraper" was invented by Eric Parker (Wellington, Fla.), Erik Miller (Glens Falls, N.Y.), Jeremy Johnstone (Medway, Mass.), Tyler Clemens (Gilbert, Ariz.), Maria Godinez (Las Vegas), Nikil Ramanathan (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Matthew Pichette (Moncton, Canada), Elias Bachaalany (Fidar, Lebanon), Imad Maalouf (Awkar, Lebanon) and Farid Hage (Fanar, Lebanon).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for adjusting a pressure profile exerted on input media by a scratching assembly, the method comprising: rotating a pin of an...