ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,643, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Cutting device including first blade edge portion, and second blade edge portion in which shearing angle at center portion is larger than shearing angle at end portions" was invented by Yushi Kato (Nagoya, Japan), Shinji Kobayashi (Tokoname, Japan) and Sho Asai (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting device includes: a frame; a fixed blade including a first blade edge portion extending in an extending direction; a movable blade movable in a moving direction; a driving mechanism; and a pressing member. The movable blade includes: a second bla...