ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,054, issued on June 3, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Printing cassette including case housing therein printing tape, and label affixed to case and having RFID tag" was invented by Kosuke Higashi (Nagoya, Japan) and Shinji Ukai (Kiyosu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing cassette includes a case, a tape, and a label. The case includes a first case part and a second case part. The first case part and the second case part are coupled to each other. The tape is for printing. At least a portion of the tape is housed in the case. The label is provided with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag havin...