ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,288, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Lenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc. (Morrisville, N.C.).
"Packaging materials having segments and connectors for releasably detaching portions of neighboring connectors" was invented by Robert J. Kapinos (Morrisville, N.C.), Scott Wentao Li (Morrisville, N.C.), Russell S. VanBlon (Morrisville, N.C.) and Robert James Norton Jr. (Morrisville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Packaging materials having segments and connectors for releasably detaching portions of neighboring connectors are disclosed. According to an aspect, packaging material includes segments positioned end-to-end wit...