ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,018, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Laser levels and accessories" was invented by George I. Roudebush (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Samuel A. Gould (West Allis, Wis.) and Danielle K. Quan (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a laser level and laser level accessories are provided. In one embodiment a laser level is provided that emits a laser line and a laser point that intersects the laser. The laser line and laser point are rotated such that they continue to intersect each other as the laser line and laser point are rotated."

The patent was filed on Dec. ...