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Chiou Jing Su of Taipei applied for a United States Patent on May 24, 2002 with the title

“Corkscrew”. U. S. Patent Number 2003/0217621 was issued November 27, 2003. This is the

abstract:

A corkscrew comprised of an outer tube, an inner tube, and a slide needle holder that allows

safe and fast removal of a cork in a bottle with a retractable needle by rotating the inner tube

to drive the slide needle holder to either extend or retreat for use or for storage with

reduced length of the corkscrew; and additionally adapted with a foil cutter to facilitate the

subsequent cutting of the foil that covers the opening of the bottle.