ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,405, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Sewing machine" was invented by Katsuhisa Hasegawa (Kasugai, Japan), Daisuke Ueda (Seto, Japan) and Takahira Osamura (Kitanagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sewing machine includes a column, a bed, an arm, and an input interface. The column extends in an upper-lower direction. The bed extends in a first particular direction from the column at a position above a lower end of the column. A first direction includes the first particular direction and a first opposite direction opposite to each other. The first direction is perpendicular to the upper-lo...