ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,979, issued on June 3, was assigned to MISCELLANEOUS NERDERY LLC (Twentynine Palms, Calif.).

"Protective case for astrophotography cameras" was invented by Damen Knight (Twentynine Palms, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a protective case for an astrophotography camera. The protective case includes an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve. The inner sleeve has an open bottom end, a cylindrical housing, a top end, first apertures disposed about the cylindrical housing and the top end, and slits that extend vertically about an exterior of the cylindrical housing. The inner sleeve is made of a flexible plastic. The outer slee...