ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,105, issued on June 30, was assigned to Global IP Holdings LLC (Sterling Heights, Mich.).

"Vent register having movable set of differently oriented vanes to reduce air blow fanning" was invented by Scott Munro (Attica, Mich.), Hyunkyu Kim (LaSalle, Canada) and Manpreet Sangha (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vent register includes a set of vanes and a mechanical assembly. Each vane is pivotably affixed to a respective stationary point to be rotatable about the stationary point. The mechanical assembly interconnects the vanes so that all of the vanes rotate together in response to one of the vanes being actuated to rota...