ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,750, issued on March 4, was assigned to PherDal LLC (Dixon, Ill.).

"Fertility kits with sterile syringes and collection jars, method of sterilization and use" was invented by Jennifer Westphal (Dixon, Ill.) and Ryan Westphal (Dixon, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of sterilizing an Intracervical Insemination (ICI) fertility kit, for use in performing self-insemination. Each sterile kit comprises: one to three sets of individually wrapped sterile, disposable, syringes and optionally semen collection jars; printed instructions; and a QR code. The collection jar comprises a snap-on lid, and an inner surface with seamless ed...