ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,015, issued on March 17, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Label affixing device including peeling part peeling label off release material, support part supporting label, 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 printing unit prints on a portion of a tape. The tape includes a label and a release material affixed to an adhesive surface of the label. A peeling part is disposed downstream relative to the printing unit in a conveying direction of the tape, and peels the label off the release material. A suppor...