ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,658, issued on July 14, was assigned to Guangdong Willing Technology Corp. (Huizhou, China).

"Food warming pad" was invented by Jingnong Ye (Huizhou, China) and Shifa Luo (Huizhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food warming pad includes a heating pad and a heating wire. The heating pad is a flexible pad. A bottom surface of the heating pad is provided with a winding wiring groove. A bottom of the wiring groove is provided with a winding notch. A winding flexible sleeve is sleeved on the heating wire. The heating wire passes through the winding notch and is installed in the wiring groove. The heating wire is distributed along...