ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,082, issued on May 19, was assigned to Aspen Idea Lab LLC (Aspen, Colo.).

"Hood device and methods of reducing screen glare 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 for reducing screen glare of a handheld electronic device includes a lower device holder including a first holder sidewall portion, a second holder sidewall portion opposite the first holder sidewall portion, and a rear holder wall portion that extends between the first and second holder sidewall portions. A bottom holder wall portion extends between the first and second holder sidewall ...