ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,703, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SHENZHEN MAIYUE INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Shenzhen, China).

"Handheld fan" was invented by Feng Hu (Shenzhen, China) and Guanghui Hu (Loudi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld fan includes a housing, a fan module, a power module, and a retractable cable module. The fan module is disposed in the housing, the power module is disposed in the housing and configured to supply power to the fan module, the retractable cable module is disposed in the housing and includes a cable retractable relative to the housing to be withdrawn into the housing or extended out of the housing, and the...