ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,326, issued on Aug. 11.

"Streamlined windscreen wiper" was invented by Nathalie Laloi (La Verriere, France) and Guillaume Barret (La Verriere, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The streamlined flat windscreen wiper comprises a longitudinal wiper blade, a longitudinal streamlined fairing comprising a central mounting and at least one end cap, and at least one caliper comprising claws for retaining said longitudinal wiper blade, and further comprises at least one adapter element fixed to the central mounting at a distal end thereof, a proximal end of the at least one end cap and said at least one caliper being pivotably articulated...