ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,164, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SHYA HSIN PACKAGING INDUSTRY (CHINA) Co. LTD. (Kunshan, China).

"Retractable press makeup pen" was invented by Haiying Yang (Kunshan, China), Cuihong Yang (Kunshan, China) and Changmai Zhang (Kunshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractable press makeup pen includes a nib assembly, a body assembly, a discharge assembly, and a drive assembly, where the nib assembly includes a sleeve; the body assembly includes a barrel and a coupling member rotatably provided in the barrel; the sleeve is fixedly provided in the barrel; the drive assembly is provided in the coupling member; the dischar...