ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,858, issued on April 21, was assigned to ZHEJIANG SCI-TECH UNIVERSITY (Hangzhou, China).

"Combined cat house capable of being built in levels" was invented by Xueyong Liang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a combined cat house capable of being built in levels, including a single-level or multi-level cat house. The single-level cat house includes transverse plates, side plates and a central separator plate. The side plates include a left side plate and a right side plate. Multiple slots are formed in lower and upper side faces of the transverse plate. The left side plate, the right side plate, the central s...