ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,036, issued on March 18.
"Detachable straw" was invented by Joo Yub Jeon (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a detachable straw, and more particularly, to a detachable straw formed by simply assembling and disassembling two members having the same shape using a magnetic force."
The patent was filed on Oct. 20, 2021, under Application No. 17/506,267.
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