ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,194, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC (Mentor, Ohio).

"Engravable heat transfer labels and embellishments" was invented by Tom Dyrdal (Hafslo, Norway) and Andrew Lillesaeter-Spendlove (Kaupanger, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein a heat transfer label comprising a support portion comprising a release layer having a first side and a second side and a first carrier at least partially disposed on the first side of the release layer; and a transfer portion comprising a engravable first ink layer having a first side and a second side; and an adhesive layer having a firs...