ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,948, issued on Aug. 19.

"Device for cutting diagnostic reagent paper into strip" was invented by Seok Hyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Won Ha Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is configured such that a guide bar for supporting a diagnostic reagent paper includes a groove and the groove prevents the diagnostic reagent paper from being supported by a guide member in a section where knives using a shear force cut the diagnostic reagent paper, whereby a pressed line generated when the guide member presses the diagnostic reagent paper due to a cutting force by the knives is prevented from being ...