ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,784, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KR Co. LTD. (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

"Stick content container" was invented by Jae Sam Byeon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A content container includes a housing in which an outlet is formed in an upper portion thereof, a manipulating part coupled to a lower portion of the housing to relatively rotate with the housing, a lifting part of which at least a portion is provided inside the housing and which vertically moves according to rotation of the manipulating part, and an operating part that is coupled to the lifting part such that an upper end thereof is spaced upw...