ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,771, issued on June 30, was assigned to RJK Pharmacy Innovations LLC (Bonita Springs, Fla.).

"Pickleball player statistics tracking device and method" was invented by Richard J. Kruzynski (Bonita Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pickleball player statistic tracking devices and methods that enable a scorer to easily and quickly record the results of each rally-ending shot for a play of a pickleball game and the related performance statistics of each player such that the scorer, the players, the teams, and others can easily track, see, and understand how each player/team performed during a play of a pickleball game in addit...