ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,113, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ISHIDA Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Packaging apparatus" was invented by Keisuke Sei (Ritto, Japan) and Hideshi Miyamoto (Ritto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bagmaking and packaging machine packages articles with a film. The bagmaking and packaging machine includes a laser printing device and a receiving member. The laser printing device prints on a printed surface of the film. The receiving member is disposed so as to oppose a non-printed surface on the opposite side of the printed surface of the film. The receiving member has a reflection suppressing surface. The reflection suppressing...