ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,134, issued on March 4, was assigned to SPECTRUM BRANDS INC. (Middleton, Wis.).

"Electric grooming device" was invented by Paul Anthony Schneider (Middleton, Wis.), Richard Kirk Maguire (Middleton, Wis.), Timin Musallam (Middleton, Wis.), Grant Oberhauser (Torrance, Calif.) and Benjamin Miles Cleppe (Verona, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric grooming appliance includes a housing, a grooming device, an electric motor, and a controller. In some embodiments, the electric grooming appliance is capable of operating in different modes and includes a user interface which allows a user to communicate with the controller and sel...