US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on April 15 for "Layer transfer film cartridge, and layer transfer device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,616, issued on April 15, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Layer transfer film cartridge, and layer transfer device" was invented by Nao Itabashi (Nagoya, Japan), Yukiko Nakanishi (Nagoya, Japan) and Tomoya Ichikawa (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a layer transfer film cartridge, such that even if the layer transfer film cartridge is heavy in weight, the installation and removal of the layer transfer film cartridge can be performed with ease. The layer transfer film cartridge includes a supply reel on which a multilayer film having a transfer layer and a supporting layer supporting the tran...