ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,486, issued on June 3, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Cushioning material, packing material, and package" was invented by Shinya Kamigaki (Shiojiri, Japan) and Sanshiro Takeshita (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cushioning material includes cushioning sheets stacked on top of another and configured to reduce an external force acting on an electrical device. The cushioning sheets include a first cushioning sheet that is positioned to intersect a direction of the external force acting on the electrical device and a second cushioning sheet that has a higher strength in the direction of the external force act...