ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,246, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Avery Dennison Corp. (Mentor, Ohio).

"Matte flame retardant label" was invented by Zhongfei Lv (Kunshan, China), Yurun Yang (Shanghai), Shuhui Xie (Kunshan, China), Biao Shen (Shanghai), Yu Wang (Suzhou Industrial Park, China) and Fuhai Zhou (Kunshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a flame retardant label suitable for labeling electrical devices. The disclose label includes a coating layer, a film layer, an adhesive layer, and, optionally, a liner layer. The coating layer and the adhesive layer may include flame retardants. The flame retardant label may also include chann...