ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,429, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to STERLING JEWELERS INC. (Akron, Ohio).

"System and method for a jewelry viewing stand" was invented by Stephen Hutfilz (Akron, Ohio), Sean Kelley (Parma, Ohio), Stephen Maillard (Copley, Ohio), Tenielle Mccarron (Massillon, Ohio), Natalie R. Mallinak (Akron, Ohio), Richard Smith (Medina, Ohio), Brad Yarris (Medina, Ohio), Rachel Weber (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) and Maie Amer-Guerrera (Southlake, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jewelry viewing stand including a stand, an imaging device, and an adjustable base is provided. The imaging device is configured to image a piece of jewelry and the sta...