ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,146, issued on June 10.

"Hand-pushed paper cutting apparatus" was invented by Danfeng Liu (Anhui, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-pushed paper cutting apparatus comprises a main body and a blade assembly installed on the main body. The main body has at least one end face oriented toward paper, and the end face is configured as a cutting face. The cutting face is provided with a receiving groove for installing the blade assembly. The blade assembly comprises a blade holder and a blade, and a gap exists between the blade holder and an inner wall of the receiving groove and is designated as a cutting area."

The patent was f...