ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,671, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Sj industries Inc. (Majuro, Marshall Islands).

"Wooden newel with a clean surface and preparation method thereof" was invented by Kunjie Wang (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wooden newel with a clean surface includes: an inner core; multiple outer wood layers arranged on an outer side surface of the inner core and connected in succession to form a closed structure; and a top wood cover provided on an upper surface or/and a lower surface of the inner core, where the outer wood layer and the top wood cover each are made of a high-grade timber; and the inner core is made of a low-gra...