ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,089, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Binding tape, binding method, tape winding body and reel" was invented by Satoshi Taguchi (Tokyo) and Mizuki Kataniwa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A binding tape (10) includes an intermediate layer (11), and a first surface layer (16) covering one surface of the intermediate layer (11). The intermediate layer (11) has a plurality of first linear members (12) arranged side by side at an angle with respect to a longitudinal direction (D1) of the binding tape (10)."
The patent was filed on July 18, 2019, under Application No. 17/260,620.
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