ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,647, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Thermal print head" was invented by Kazuya Nakakubo (Kyoto, Japan), Yasuyuki Aritaki (Kyoto, Japan) and Shinya Tanaka (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a thermal print head. The thermal print head includes: a heat resistor, a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode includes a base portion and an extension portion. The extension portion includes a first strip portion and a second strip portion. A first width of the first strip portion is less than a second width of the base portion at a conjunction betw...