ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,152, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic tape control system and magnetic tape control device" was invented by Yuto Murata (Minamiashigara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a magnetic tape control system that executes pre-rewinding storage of storing a magnetic tape in a state of being wound around a reel, and post-rewinding storage of storing the magnetic tape in a state of being rewound around a reel different from or the same reel as the reel after the pre-rewinding storage such that an end that is a tape outside end during the pre-rewinding storage is turned into a tape inside end a...