ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,376, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Withdrawal system for withdrawing article from packaging box" was invented by Myung Ho Kim (Jincheon-eup, South Korea), Sung Woo Park (Jincheon-eup, South Korea), Bong Yong Sung (Gimhae-si, South Korea), Hee Dong Son (Changwon-si, South Korea), Dae Hwa Kim (Osan-si, South Korea), Sun Kyu Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Soo Hyun Kim (Gimpo-si, South Korea), Hak Dong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and In Soo Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article withdrawing system for withdrawing articles held in a packing box, the upper sur...