ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,880, issued on July 8, was assigned to PAPRICA LAB. Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Oral fixation apparatus" was invented by Hong Gyun Wu (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Min Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jung In Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Chang Heon Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jae Man Son (Seoul, South Korea) and Ji Seong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral fixation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a mouthpiece provided to be mounted in a mouth, and a pressing unit configured to move relative to the mouthpiece, wherein the pressing unit is configured to press a tongue in th...