ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,590, issued on May 26.

"Roll of tape with end indicator" was invented by Robert Alan Bard (Barnegat, N.J.), Eleanor H. Bard (Barnegat, N.J.) and Douglas Aaron Bard (Brielle, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fully transparent or translucent adhesive tape has been used for many years to wrap packages. Many times following the removal of a portion of the subject tapes from the rolls of the subject tapes the portions of the subject tapes that have not been removed from the subject tapes become re-attached to the rolls of the subject tapes. When the foregoing happens it becomes necessary that before the next use of the subject tapes tha...