ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,188, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to JAST GIFTS SHENZHEN COMPANY Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"3D pop-up card assembly" was invented by Jen-Lin Chen (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3D pop-up card assembly having a base card and a pop-up construct that pops up when the base card is opened. The pop-up construct is attached to the base card using a plurality of hinge elements. Each of the hinge elements has a transition section that leads to an anchor tab. The transition section contains fold lines along which each of the hinge elements can fold. The anchor tab of each hinge element is attached to the base card. When t...