ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,924, issued on April 21, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Adhesive transfer method and adhesive transfer device" was invented by Takashi Sugawara (Kanagawa, Japan), Masafumi Morisue (Tokyo), Hiroshi Higuchi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Makoto Taguchi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adhesive transfer method for transferring an adhesive formed on a surface of a film onto an object, includes a pressurizing step of pressurizing the film from the back surface side thereof by a pressurizing member against the object; and a moving step of moving the pressurizing member from a first end toward a second end of the object in a...