ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,356, issued on July 21, was assigned to Dongguan Xinyu Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd. (Dongguan, China).
"Artificial flower" was invented by Yan Chen (Chengdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an artificial flower, which includes a body provided with a hollow cavity, a driving part mounted in the hollow cavity, and a power member mounted on the body and configured to control a directional movement of the driving part along the hollow cavity; and through holes are formed in a side wall of the hollow cavity, and flowering branches pass through the through holes to be connected to the driving part....