ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,805, issued on May 19, was assigned to GLOBERIDE INC. (Tokyo).

"Reel seat for fishing rod, handle member for fishing rod, and fishing rod" was invented by Takuji Kawamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present disclosure is to provide a fishing rod reel seat, a fishing rod handle member including the reel seat, and a fishing rod including the fishing rod reel seat and the fishing rod handle member, which are lightweight and hardly attenuate vibration from a rod body. A fishing rod handle member according to an embodiment of the present invention is formed by integrally molding a reel seat main body having a ree...