ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,085, issued on March 24, was assigned to Jiangsu Wellspring PET Articles Co. Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).

"Cat litter box with a guide assembly for counterclockwise and clockwise discharge" was invented by Bin Qiu (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the field of pet products, and specifically to a cat litter box. The cat litter box includes: a base; a shell rotatably connected to the base, a first accommodating cavity is provided in the shell, and an entrance in communication with the first accommodating cavity is formed on one side of the shell; a discharge port, where the discharge port is formed on a...