ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,008, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. (Tokyo).

"Packing body" was invented by Misaki Suruga (Kanagawa, Japan), Naoto Chiba (Kanagawa, Japan), Yusuke Kabe (Kanagawa, Japan) and Seiya Imai (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packing module includes a packed body and a packing body configured to accommodate the packed body. The packing body includes a bottom plate on which the packed body is placed, a box body that covers the packed body, and a restricting member, of which one end is fixed to the bottom plate and the other end protrudes toward a base body of the packed body with a gap and...