ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,995, issued on April 7, was assigned to Guangzhou Houzuo Technology Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou, China).

"Electronic scale ruler and vernier caliper, and use method thereof" was invented by Tiancheng Liang (Guangzhou, China), Meilin Zhu (Guangzhou, China) and Xinggang Luo (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electronic scale ruler, having a scale ruler main body, a main control board, an input, a display screen, a light source, a vernier base, and a distance conversion assembly. The scale ruler main body has an outer edge side. The light source is mounted on the outer edge side of the scale ruler main body, having...