ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,118, issued on July 14, was assigned to Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC (Mentor, Ohio).

"Modular variable length crush cutting apparatus and method" was invented by John D. Mistyurik (Troy, Ohio) and Lee R. Turck (Carlisle, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a modular cutting system may include a crush-cutting unit configured to receive a label web from a printer and to cut through an adhesive layer of the label web towards an outer surface of the label web. In some embodiments, the system may include a support bracket configured for being mounted to a label printer. The system may include a tamp ...