ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,876, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GLOBERIDE Inc. (Tokyo).

"Fishing rod and attachment/detachment structure for fishing line guide" was invented by Kosuke Ushinohama (Higashikurume, Japan) and Yoshinori Nakahata (Higashikurume, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a fishing rod comprising an attachment/detachment structure in which a fishing line guide is attachable and detachable, in which the fishing line guide is prevented from being damaged at the time of attachment and detachment. A fishing rod 1 of the present invention comprises a guide attachment/detachment structure 30 of a fishing line guide 8. The guide att...