ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,815, issued on June 30, was assigned to Rekon LLC (Pittsburg, Kan.).

"Polyester backed combination wristband label form" was invented by Roger Kraft (Fort Scott, Kan.), Gina Staudinger (Louisburg, Kan.) and Luke Bukowski (Pittsburg, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a front side comprising a paper ply, said paper ply having a label section and a wristband section separated by a line of weakness. Said label section comprises a plurality of printable labels die cut therein. Said wristband section comprises a first wristband portion die cut therein. A system may include a back side comprising a first polyester ply...