ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,822, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Spectrum Brands Inc. (Middleton, Wis.).
"Combination pet grooming tool and methods" was invented by Gregory van Eyk (Middleton, Wis.), Terry Allen Willemin (Middleton, Wis.), Elizabeth Lee Mondloch (Middleton, Wis.), William Nathan Brunner (Middleton, Wis.) and William D. Himes (Middleton, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet grooming tool has a pet engageable portion and a handle portion. The pet engageable portion has a first section of a first brush characteristic and a second section of second brush characteristics different from the first brush characteristic. The handle portion is se...