ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,397, issued on April 7, was assigned to Aspen Idea Lab LLC (Aspen, Colo.).

"Hood device system with protective device holder and upper hood for a handheld electronic device" was invented by Christopher Hewett (Aspen, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hood device system for reducing screen glare of a handheld electronic device includes a lower device holder including a first holder sidewall portion and a second holder sidewall portion opposite the first holder sidewall portion. A rear holder wall portion extends between the first and second holder sidewall portions. A bottom holder wall portion extends between the first and secon...