ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,920, issued on July 14, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).

"Hairstyling device" was invented by Elizabeth Chania Hickey (Bristol, Great Britain), Andrew Collingwood Watson (Gloucester, Great Britain), Massimo Camplani (Bristol, Great Britain) and Lili Tao (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hairstyling device is provided. The hairstyling device includes a heatable hair contact member having a hair-contactable surface, the hair contact member being operable to apply heat to hair via the hair-contactable surface. The hairstyling device includes an inertial measurement unit, IMU, conf...