ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,448, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to CASE-MATE INC. (Atlanta).

"Suction attachment accessory for portable electronic devices" was invented by Saumil Chetan Mody (Atlanta), Jacob Andrew Mckenzie (Smyrna, Ga.) and Andrew Harper (Lilburn, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment accessory for attaching a mobile electronic device to a support surface, including at least one suction cup on a first side thereof for attachment to the mobile electronic device, and at least one suction cup on a second side thereof for attachment to the support surface. In some embodiments, the suction cups are arranged in arrays of rows and columns...