ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,602, issued on March 17, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Accessory support devices for electronic devices" was invented by Mohammadali Parsian (San Mateo, Calif.), Fiona P. O'Leary (Palo Alto, Calif.), David A. Kleeman (Marina del Rey, Calif.), John F. Wadsworth (Burbank, Calif.), Mitchell Suckle (Long Beach, Calif.), Tom Kwon (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Peter Schmidt (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to accessory support devices for supporting portable electronic devices in relation to other electronic computing devices. A multi-part clip includes a housing having a first housing ...