ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,814, issued on June 23, was assigned to Trodat GmbH (Wels, Austria).
"Stamp with a cutting device and method for using a cutting device" was invented by Markus Zehetner (Leonding, Austria) and Helmut Lindner (Peuerbach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a stamp with a cutting device a grip area arranged on an outer housing of a top part, and a receiving area, in which an ink application device is arranged, are disclosed. The cutting device and an associated actuating mechanism are arranged on the top part and the actuating mechanism is designed for activating and/or locking the cutting device. The actuating mechanis...