ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,895, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CTK COSMETICS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Slide-type cosmetic compact case" was invented by In Yong Chung (Seoul, South Korea), Won Geun Go (Incheon, South Korea) and Jae Hui Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a portable slide-type cosmetic compact case including: a case body including an upper plate, which has a cosmetic product accommodation part in which cosmetics are accommodated, a lower plate spaced from the upper plate so as to face same, and a side peripheral wall connecting the upper plate and the lower plate and having an open portion, wherein th...