US Patent Issued to Zebra Technologies on Aug. 26 for "Label, peeling, universal printheads and related methods" (Rhode Island, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,567, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Label, peeling, universal printheads and related methods" was invented by Richard J. Preliasco (North Kingstown, R.I.), Roy P. Lyman (Coventry, R.I.), David F. Beck (Exeter, R.I.), Craig A. Horrocks (North Kingstown, R.I.) and Patrick J. Hegarty (Dedham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example disclosed printer configured to peel media from a backing, the printer having a peeler assembly that is engageable between a peeling position, wherein the printer is configured to peel the media from the backing, and a non-peeling position, wherein t...