ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,486, issued on Sept. 9.

"Entertainment/educational system and associated apparatus, methods and uses" was invented by Theresa D. Vuong (Irvine, Calif.), Jennifer K. Li (Anaheim, Calif.) and Il Kwon Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present specification discloses an entertainment/educational system having one or more interactive stations having associated systems comprising apparatus and activities that demonstrate various physical phenomenon. Each interactive station comprises a different system featuring differing apparatus that provides users the ability to form various types and numbers of bubbles that ...