ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,976, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MICHILIN PROSPERITY Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Paper holding mechanism and paper shredder" was invented by Guofeng Pan (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a paper holding mechanism and a paper shredder. In the paper holding mechanism, a placement chamber is disposed in the housing. The placement chamber includes a conveyor section and a placement section that communicate with each other. An included angle is set between the conveyor section and the placement section. The housing is provided with a first paper inlet at the conveyor section. The first paper inlet co...