ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,964, issued on May 20, was assigned to Pabban Development Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Personal protection system and method" was invented by Jacob Herbert (Irvine, Calif.), Bradford H. Hack (Irvine, Calif.), Lawrence J. Green (Irvine, Calif.), Dina El Sherif (Irvine, Calif.), Christopher Simbulan (Irvine, Calif.), H. Nicholas Herbert (Irvine, Calif.) and Carlo C. Memita (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective headgear system includes a cover including a substantially transparent facial shield, a sheet sealingly coupled to the facial shield around the cover's perimeter, the sheet including a substantially anterior port...