ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,596, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to XIAMEN MYLUX INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Xiamen, China).

"Separation vacuum sealer" was invented by Yiyun Zhou (Fujian, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a convenient operation separation type vacuum sealer, which includes a base, a cover, and a handheld device. The cover is flippably connected with the base. A sealing cavity is formed when the base and the cover are closed with each other. The handheld device has a vacuum pumping mechanism disposed thereon. The base has an air suction pipeline arranged therein and connected with the sealing cavity and t...