ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,925, issued on May 20, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Hybrid heat transfer label assemblies" was invented by Lee R. B. Dixon (Newcastle Upon Tyne, Great Britain), Carlos Altamirano (East Hartford, Conn.), Luigi Filippino (Padua, Italy), Michael B. Colella (Southington, Conn.), Trinh Truong (Manchester, Conn.) and Emma Bleszinski (Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid heat transfer label assembly and method for producing the label assembly are provided. The label assembly includes a carrier layer, a non-digitally printed protective layer disposed above the carrier layer, a digitally print...