ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,713, issued on Nov. 3.

"Handle type adhesive tape cutter" was invented by Jian Li (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a handle type adhesive tape cutter. A handheld mechanism, a distribution mechanism and a control mechanism are combined together through a fixed base plate, so that the adhesive tape cutter has the functions of packaging and cutting adhesive tapes. Meanwhile, a box opener is arranged on the fixed base plate or a side plate of the control mechanism. A box opening blade in the box opener is capable of stretching out or retracting relative to the side plate or the fixed base plate. At ordinary times...