ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,799, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CUTTWAY PRODUCTS Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Convenient portable knife" was invented by Race Wu (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Ivy Lin (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convenient portable knife includes a knife handle and a cutting blade pivotally connected to the knife handle. The cutting blade has a locking groove. The knife handle is equipped with a swing arm and a locking bolt. The swing arm has a locking portion. The locking portion and locking bolt are located in the locking groove when the cutting blade is in the extended position. The locking bolt can move along th...