ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,464, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to BOBST MEX SA (Mex, Switzerland).

"Device for mounting a tooling board in a flat bed die-cutting, stripping or blanking machine" was invented by Shelly Liu (Shanghai) and Bernard Jaquet (Rue, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting device (12) for mounting a tooling board (14) in a flat bed die-cutting, stripping or blanking machine comprises at least one first clamping jaw (38) which is moveable from an unlocked position, in which a tooling board (14) may be removed from or inserted into the machine, to a locked position, in which a tooling board (14) may be fixed in the machine, ...