ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,574, issued on May 13, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Embroidery sewing machine including carriage for moving embroidery frame attached thereto" was invented by Daisuke Ueda (Seto, Japan) and Katsuhisa Hasegawa (Kasugai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embroidery sewing machine includes a bed portion, a column portion, an arm portion, and a carriage. The bed portion extends in a first direction. The column portion extends upward from an end portion of the bed portion. The arm portion extends in the first direction from an upper end portion of the column portion. The arm portion includes a support portion...