ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,330, issued on Sept. 1.

"Artificial lure for sport fishing of an improved type" was invented by Angelo Musiani (Lavis, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present Invention reveals an innovative artificial lure for sport fishing characterized by a peculiar layout such as to give it an extremely natural behavior in the water when suitably maneuvered by a fishing line, or when left in the water without being moved by the same line. The Invention also has technical devices such as to be used also in combination with baits already existing in the State of the Art, in order to increase the characteristics of priming for certain speci...