US Patent Issued to Dyson Technology on May 27 for "Method of preparing sheet material for dividing into discrete stacks" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,197, issued on May 27, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).

"Method of preparing sheet material for dividing into discrete stacks" was invented by Joseph Daniel Howard (Swindon, Great Britain), Benjamin Jon Clements (Oldham, Great Britain) and Gregory Stanley Sheard (Batley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing an elongate web of sheet material for dividing into discrete stacks of web portions after reeling the web onto a drum is provided. The method includes forming transverse discontinuities in the web at spaced intervals corresponding to edges of the discrete stacks to be...