ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,662, issued on June 24.

"Tea drinking vacuum flask with tea-making function" was invented by Mungyuen Li (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tea drinking vacuum flask includes a lid body, a connecting piece, a filtering element, and a liquid containing body. The lid body comprises a first end and a first open end arranged opposite to the first end. The connecting piece comprises a channel having a first connection end and a second connection end. The first connection end is detachably connected with the first open end. The filtering element comprises first and second parts fixedly connected with each other. The first...