ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,360, issued on June 16, was assigned to NINGBO BRIGHTECH INTERNATIONAL TRADING Co. LTD (Yuyao City, China).

"Handheld electric cleaner" was invented by Jun Ye (Yuyao City, China), Jinqi Lu (Yuyao City, China), Pingting Tang (Yuyao City, China) and Yuzhu Fang (Yuyao City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld electric cleaner is provided, including: a housing, a motor, a battery, a sewage tank, and further including a water suction opening and an air outlet on the sewage tank, and a water suction channel inside the sewage tank, the water suction channel is arranged to include a rear channel, a middle channel, and a front cha...