ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,322, issued on June 2.

"Continuous strand for wig, which includes multiple filaments and in which inclined thickness section is repeatedly formed along lengthwise direction thereof, and wig manufactured using same" was invented by Hae Ju Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous strand includes a pencil normal (PN) section, two first pencil tapering (PT) sections, two second PT sections, and two pencil connection (PC) sections. The pencil normal (PN) section extends along a longitudinal direction thereof and having a first cross-sectional area of a constant size. The two first pencil tapering (PT) sections ar...