ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,043, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Radford Enterprisses. LLC (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Portable hand-held device utilized to deter a canine attack" was invented by Anthony Radford (Fayetteville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal deterrent device is generally shown. The animal deterrent device utilizes smart technology to deter an animal from coming close to a person holding the device or breaking apart two animals that are fighting without having to get physically involved. The device includes a first shell coupled to a second shell via fasteners. The device also includes one or more transducers configured to emit a sound w...