US Patent Issued to Iconex on Aug. 25 for "Labels with liner separation feature" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,709, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Iconex LLC (Atlanta).

"Labels with liner separation feature" was invented by Shane Lamb (Bulls Gap, Tenn.) and Timothy Darren Livingston (Corryton, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liner in a label-liner combination is provided with a die cut portion made in the liner. The die cut portion is aligned with at least one edge in a label and a front side of the liner is attached to a backside of the label. The die cut portion of the liner is adapted to be removed from the liner when the label is removed from the label-liner combination. Dimensions, and orientation, and a location of the die cu...