ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,767, issued on March 17, was assigned to Chih-Wei Chen (Changhua County, Taiwan), Bridging Partners Corp. (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Unik Industry Ltd. (Apia, Samoa).

"Replaceable structure for a bathtub overflow pipe" was invented by Kuang-Ming Kuo (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chih-Wei Chen (Changhua County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bathtub overflow pipe includes an overflow pipe, an adapter and a over. The overflow pipe includes an extending section with an outlet. The adapter is connected to the end face of the extending section of the overflow pipe by bolts. The adapter includes a sleeve and a tab extending radial...