ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,399, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Julie Jones Corbett LLC (Cold Spring, N.Y.).

"Clinical apparatus for evaluating and improving manual dexterity" was invented by Julie J. Corbett (Cold Spring, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manual dexterity device has a base and a lid. The base includes a bottom and three side walls that form an open top. The lid is received on said base at the top opening and is movable between a closed position in which the lid closes the top opening and an opened position in which the top opening is open. A plurality of slots are arranged on the lid in rows and columns. The slots are configured to rec...