ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,892, issued on Feb. 18.
"Artificial bait with movable hook" was invented by Jeongo Han (Siheung-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present inventive concept relates to an artificial bait with movable hooks that is capable of easily catching cephalopods such as octopus ocellatus, cuttlefish, and the like underwater. According to the present inventive concept, in the process of performing hook setting, the movable hooks located at one end portion of the body move to the other end portion of the body, so that the cuttlefish around the body can be easily caught by the movable hooks suddenly protruding outward."
The paten...