ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,290, issued on April 21, was assigned to Bloomberg Finance LP (New York).

"Monitor stand with folding mounting brackets" was invented by Sean Roarty (New York), Masamichi Udagawa (New York) and Sigrid G. Moeslinger (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitor stand with folding mounting brackets is provided. The monitor stand comprises a first mounting bracket for coupling to a first monitor and a second mounting bracket for coupling to a second monitor. A first arm of the monitor stand is coupled to the first mounting bracket via a first hinge and a second arm of the monitor stand is coupled to the second mounting bracket via...