ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,435, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to AvoBagel Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

"Handheld food cutter" was invented by Wen Hua Lyu (Jiangmen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food cutter is disclosed. The food cutter has an elongate body defining a longitudinal axis and has an upper portion and a lower portion. The food cutter elongate body has a cylindrical profile with a closed bottom and a top end of the upper portion has a hemispherical profile, wherein the elongate body has a height of 8.8-16.5 cm and a width or diameter of 5.9-12.5 cm. The upper portion includes a housing, a handle extended from the housing, a drive sha...