ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,941, issued on April 29, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Recording device, recording system, and control method for recording device" was invented by Moe Takeuchi (Shiojiri, Japan) and Shun Ito (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording device includes a roll holding unit, a transport mechanism, a recording unit, a cutting mechanism, and a discharge unit. The recording unit performs recording on a transported medium from the roll. The cutting mechanism cuts the medium, in an intersecting direction intersecting a transport direction. The discharge unit discharges the medium cut by the cutting mechanism. Th...