ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,874, issued on June 23, was assigned to Huizhou Zhongchuanmei Cultural and Creative Co. Ltd (Huizhou, China).

"Branch-shaped light string and light-emitting bonsai" was invented by Jiehua Wang (Huizhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A branch-shaped light string includes a main branch, at least one decorative branch, and at least one light-emitting branch. The at least one decorative branch is arranged on the main branch, and the at least one light-emitting branch is arranged on the main branch and extends in a direction away from the main branch, and/or is arranged on the decorative branch and extends in a direction away from ...