ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,076, issued on June 3, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Medium used with printer and including label and mark provided on release material" was invented by Chie Nakashima (Nagoya, Japan), Takaaki Banno (Nagoya, Japan) and Kohei Terada (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a medium conveyed in a first direction, a first slit has a square shape including first, second, third, and fourth sides. A second slit is positioned downstream from the first slit in the first direction and has a square shape including fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth sides. The first, second, fifth, and sixth sides are parallel to th...