ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,340, issued on June 2, was assigned to Dongguan Pinchuang Zhizhen Technology Co. Ltd. (Dongguan, China).

"Efficient nail dust extractor" was invented by Jinghui Sun (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An efficient nail dust collector is provided. A shell has a dust removal area connected to a dust suction device on an outside, and a blower device on the shell used to blow nail dust towards the dust removal area. Through the air pressure generated by the blower device, nail dust is pressed down to the dust removal area, and the dust suction device collects the nail dust from the dust removal area. The cooperation of the blo...