ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,808, issued on June 23, was assigned to e-Thrive LLC (Los Gatos, Calif.).

"Rodent trapping apparatus" was invented by Ian Yuta Oki Fleming (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Jay N. Rogers (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention disclose a rodent trapping apparatus. The rodent trapping apparatus includes a lid including a top surface, wherein the lid comprises a longitudinal slot having two opposing longitudinal edges. Further, the rodent trapping apparatus includes two sidewalls provided on the top surface, with one sidewall along each longitudinal edge of the longitudinal slot. The rodent trapping...