ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,784, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to fischerwerke GmbH & Co. KG (Waldachtal, Germany).

"Drywall anchor and method for installing a drywall anchor" was invented by Aaron Daly (Pfalzgrafenweiler, Germany), Christian Frey (Freudenstadt-Wittlensweiler, Germany), David Lehmann (Alpirsbach, Germany) and Patrick Pfau (Alpirsbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drywall anchor and a method for installing the drywall anchor. The drywall anchor includes a drilling element at the front end of a base body for the introduction into a gypsum plaster board in a self-drilling manner and a non-circular region having a cross-section includin...