ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,135, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Quip NYC Inc. (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

"Toothbrush system" was invented by William Thomas May (South Orange, N.J.), Simon Enever (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Paul Koh (New York), John Dey (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Zachary Zaro (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Andrew McLeod (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Fernando D. Paredes (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Donald J. Deficcio II (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and William M. Sakran (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toothbrush apparatus, a method, and a medical system. The apparatus includes a sensing module configured to detect one or more brushing parameters for determining at least a brushing intensity. One or mor...