ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,450, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Chih Liang Hung (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Glue spreader" was invented by Chih Liang Hung (Taipei, Taiwan), Hsin Tseng (Taipei, Taiwan) and Zoe Tseng (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glue spreader is disclosed. It is a tubular structure with a body. The body tapers from a first open end to a second open end. A cross-sectional shape of the body gradually changes from a perfect circle at the first open end to an oblate circle at the second open end. The second open end forms a flow guiding curved plate outwards, the flow guiding curved plate extends in a direction vertical to an extending d...