US Patent Issued to TAYLOR-LISTUG on Aug. 26 for "Saddle and bridge for reducing longitudinal waves in a string instrument" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,622, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TAYLOR-LISTUG INC (El Cajon, Calif.).

"Saddle and bridge for reducing longitudinal waves in a string instrument" was invented by Andrew Taylor Powers (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A saddle for a string instrument includes a string contact surface comprising a first material, a saddle end surface, generally opposite the string contact surface, comprising the first material, and two opposing side surfaces comprising a vibration-absorbent material different than the first material."

The patent was filed on Dec. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/530,586.

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