ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,863, issued on June 24, was assigned to LEGO STONE Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Ear canal clamp for small animals" was invented by Chih-Wei Peng (Taipei, Taiwan), Chun-Wei Wu (Taipei, Taiwan), Chun-Ying Cai (Taipei, Taiwan) and Yen Cheng (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ear canal clamp for small animals includes a base and a clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism includes two clamping arms movably mounted on the base, a biasing member mounted on the base and constrained between the clamping arms, and two ear canal positioning members mounted respectively to the clamping arms and facing each other. The clamping a...