ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,171, issued on July 15, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Combs for hair cutting appliances" was invented by Spyridon Errikos Pandis (Groningen, Netherlands) and Luca Iaccarino (Groningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A comb for a hair cutting appliance is described. The comb includes a first comb portion defining a comb surface to be held against a user's skin; a second comb portion having a plurality of comb teeth projecting from the first comb portion in a first direction. The first direction has a component in a direction perpendicular to the comb surface. The plurality of comb teet...