ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,276, issued on June 17, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Extraction tool" was invented by Tatsuya Koyama (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extraction tool that is configured to extract an object inside a hole includes: a grip having an end; a first member including a non-contact part provided at the end of the grip and not being able to come into contact with the object, and a contact layer provided at the end of the non-contact part and being able to come into contact with the object; and a second member surrounding at least a part of the first member. The non-contact...