ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,689, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH ET AL. (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Avian distractor device" was invented by Brian McGowan (Dublin), Jason Mulligan (Dublin), Ravi S (Bangalore, India), Praveena Vade (Bangalore, India), Praveen Kushtagi (Bangalore, India) and Vijay Wasudeorao Tijare (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An avian distractor device includes a clamp having a pair of jaws attached to a hinge and biased via a plurality of springs into a closed position, and a locking member disposed in communication with the pair of jaws to rigidly hold a conductor of different sizes under ...