ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,285, issued on July 14, was assigned to CLEMENT INC. (Flushing, N.Y.).

"Split anti-clogging drain device" was invented by Xingfa Liao (Xiamen, China), Chunhua Wang (Xiamen, China) and Yongqiang Yan (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the technical field of bathroom accessories and provides a split anti-clogging drain device which includes a main body and a sealing assembly detachably connected to the main body. The sealing assembly includes a switch assembly arranged inside the main body and a sealing stopper arranged at an opening of the main body and located above the switch assembly. By ...