ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,274, issued on March 17, was assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. (Chicago).

"Portable communication device" was invented by Felippe Morais Bicudo (Lighthouse Point, Fla.), Lanting L Garra (Sunrise, Fla.), Ryan M Nilsen (Plantation, Fla.) and Soon Hin Lee (Penang, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable communication device includes a housing and a push-to-talk button. The push-to-talk (PTT) button is disposed on the front surface of the housing and further occupies a substantial portion of the front surface of the housing. The portable communication device also includes a light emitting diode (LED) stripe that is disposed...