ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,157, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SteeRetail Co. Ltd. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Stand for droplet prevention sheet" was invented by Yuki Kobata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand for a droplet prevention sheet attached to a POS terminal including a body part, a hole part being formed on an upper surface of the body part, the stand including: a stand pole including a pole body part that is extended in a rod-like shape, a first pole end, and a second pole end, the first and the second pole ends being both ends of the pole body part; and a sheet fixing part configured to fix a droplet prevention sheet, the sheet fix...