ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,472, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG (Oberschleissheim, Germany).

"Functional label and method for producing a functional label" was invented by Robert Unglert (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a functional label includes providing a source material having one or more label layers and performing a first printing process and thereby forming a print on the source material using a first printing device. The method further includes performing a first die cutting process and thereby forming a functional die cut in the source material using a first die cutting device. The meth...