ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,551, issued on March 17, was assigned to GLOBERIDE INC (Tokyo).

"Controller capable of remotely operating electric fishing reel" was invented by Keisuke Matsuno (Higashikurume, Japan), Ken Mizuhara (Higashikurume, Japan) and Shuta Kano (Higashikurume, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing of a controller has a grip portion that can be gripped with one hand, and the housing is provided with a display device and an operation member that enables a user to remotely operate an electric fishing reel."

The patent was filed on Oct. 1, 2024, under Application No. 18/903,146.

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