ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,580, issued on Aug. 5.
"Mouse trap" was invented by Chengyang Luo (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mouse trap comprises a shell, which comprises a base and an upper shell mounted above the base, wherein an electric shock device, a mouse pressing device and a locking device are arranged in the shell; the electric shock device comprises a conductive element, the mouse pressing device is movably mounted on the top wall of the shell and extends downwards towards the base, and the bottom end of the mouse pressing device is positioned above the conductive element of the electric shock device."
The patent was filed on Aug....