ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,924, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Anheuser-Busch LLC (St. Louis).

"Full wrap pressure sensitive label" was invented by Terry O'Brien (Baldwinsville, N.Y.), David Bunuan (Saint Johns, Fla.), Mark De La Rosa (Warners, N.Y.), Al Morgan (St. Louis), Michael Ferguson (Sodus, N.Y.), Kevin O'Rourke (Liverpool, N.Y.) and Jason Peckham (Cato, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a novel adhesive arrangement that allows pressure sensitive labels to be fully wrapped around bottle necks using the center line transfer method. The pressure sensitive label includes an interior face including: an adhesive material...