ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,845, issued on May 5, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Wireless communication device" was invented by Ryosuke Sano (Nagoya, Japan), Atsushi Fujioka (Nagoya, Japan) and Hirokazu Miyabayashi (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication device includes a conveyance portion, a sensor, and a communication portion, and conveys a long backing sheet, a plurality of labels, each provided with a wireless tag, being adhered with intervals in a lengthwise direction of the backing sheet. The wireless communication device detects, by the sensor, an end portion on an upstream side of the label including a...