ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,503, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Nanodropper Inc. (Rochester, Minn.).

"Universal thread clamp" was invented by Elias Lee Baker (Rochester, Minn.) and Mackenzie Andrews (Olympia, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal attachment for connecting to a first device having a threaded portion and allowing for attachment of a second, different device to the first device where the first and second devices do not have compatible threaded portions for connection is described herein. The universal attachment is directed to consumers wanting to attach an external device to a threaded neck of an existing device without needing to ma...