ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,358, issued on April 22, was assigned to Pioneer Square Brands Inc. (High Point, N.C.).

"Enhanced portable electronic device case stand system" was invented by Brian Lewis Piper (Seattle) and Mark Elliott Jones (Greensboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems involve a case assembly including a base, a first side extending from the base, and a stand assembly including an elongated member having an elongated cavity, and a base extending from the elongated member. The stand assembly is rotatably coupled with the case assembly so that the stand assembly is rotatable between a first rotational position and a second rotational posi...