ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,674, issued on July 15, was assigned to ISHIDA Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Bag-making and packaging machine" was invented by Masayuki Yamane (Ritto, Japan), Satoshi Hashimoto (Ritto, Japan), Ryota Nagashima (Ritto, Japan), Masaki Shinkawa (Ritto, Japan), Yuchuan Tong (Ritto, Japan), Tomoko Koike (Ritto, Japan), Tomoki Shibata (Ritto, Japan), Hiroki Fujihara (Ritto, Japan) and Riku Murakami (Ritto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bag-making and packaging machine includes a bag-making and packaging section and a film supply section. The film supply section includes a film conveyance section that conveys a starting end portion of a...