ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,459, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Tape member and electronic apparatus" was invented by Satoshi Hosoya (Yokohama, Japan), Takehito Yamauchi (Yokohama, Japan), Keita Ishikawa (Yokohama, Japan) and So Nakanishi (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape member includes a double-sided adhesive tape that can be pulled and peeled off by pulling an end portion, and a handle member that is attached to the end portion and gripped when the double-sided adhesive tape is pulled and peeled off. The handle member includes a first and second adhesive sheets fixed to first and second adhe...