ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,802, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Stapler" was invented by Takushi Shindo (Tokyo) and Futoshi Kameda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a stapler including: a pair of clinchers that include a shaft portion, a staple abutting portion located closer to a distal end side than the shaft portion, and a spring abutting portion located closer to a proximal end side than the shaft portion, the pair of clinchers being rotatable about the shaft portion, and the staple abutting portion and the spring abutting portion being rotated in opposite directions from each other by rotation; a partition p...