ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,915, issued on June 23, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Desk for industrial designers" was invented by Lamis Ali Yahya Fadhli (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Hala El-Wakeel (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Lojain Alamri (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Ruba Alkhaldi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Noran Kattan (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptable workdesk having a work surface with a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a rear edge, a left edge, a right edge. The adaptable workdesk includes an inset section for a cutting mat, a flat work section, a tool holder in a first recess, a rolle...