ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,214, issued on March 24, was assigned to BEAC Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).

"Sticking device" was invented by Taito Tomoyose (Nagano, Japan) and Kazuhiko Kato (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sticking device includes: a transfer roller that transfers a sticking film piece to a circumferential surface, and sticks the sticking film piece to a member to be stuck; a moving unit that moves the transfer roller; and a sticking film adjusting unit that adjusts a position and a posture of the sticking film piece on the circumferential surface of the transfer roller at a position away from both a transfer region A1 and a sticking r...