ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,276, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to VERSUNI HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Brush for use in a cleaning device for cleaning surfaces" was invented by Bastiaan Johannes De Wit (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Anke Rieka Meulendijks (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Jamila Midhat (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Orhan Kahya (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Chengang Cao (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Rinse Hendrik Bosma (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Fermin Espin Franco (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Robert Friso Burgers (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Albert Al-Shorachi (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Arjan Sander Vonk (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A br...