ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,821, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Label affixing device including printer printing on tape, cutter cutting printed tape, peeling part peeling label off release material, and affixing part affixing label to adherend" was invented by Shota Iijima (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a label affixing device, a printer performs printing on a tape. The tape includes: a base material; and a release material. The base material has an adhesive surface and a printing surface. The release material covers the adhesive surface. A cutter is disposed downstream relative to the printer in a conve...