ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,957, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to MadGrip Holdings LLC (Essex Junction, Vt.).

"Utility glove" was invented by David Gellis (Stowe, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility glove formed of a glove blank of a fabric material in the shape of at least a portion of a hand having one or more areas of elastomeric material injection molded thereon to form one or more three dimensional molded portions, the three dimensional molded portions being the fabric material with the elastomeric material bonded thereto, wherein one or more three dimensional molded portions leave at least one area of fabric material of the glove blank without ...