ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,742, issued on Sept. 9.

"Card holder" was invented by Evan Kwong (Monterey Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure proposes a card holder, including: a connecting portion extending in a first lateral direction; and two holding portions respectively arranged on two sides of the connecting portion in a length direction, wherein a first end of each of the holding portions in a length direction is connected to an end of the holding portion in the length direction, the two holding portions and the connecting portion enclose a card slot, the card slot being configured to mate with a card, the holding portions ar...