ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,773, issued on Feb. 24.

"Profile matching scribing tool and associated methods" was invented by Jack Ashcraft (Silver Star, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The profile matching scribing tool includes an elongated body including walls defining an interior guide within the elongated body and having at least a first opening at one end of the elongated body, and an elongated scribing element, including a pointed tip, and positioned in the interior guide within the elongated body and configured to be slidably extended out of the first opening. A marking tool guide holder is positioned on a top of the elongated body adjacent an end th...