Brother Assigned Patent

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, Japan, has been assigned a patent (8,913,255), developed by Kido Daisuke and Sun Yongqi, Nagoya, Japan, for a “recording medium”.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “This disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, storing a fixed form print information processing program for executing steps on a control device. The steps comprises a fixed form print producing step for producing fixed form print information, a margin area deleting step for deleting a width direction margin area of the width direction margin area and a longitudinal direction margin area respectively set on each side of both ends in a tape width direction as well as each side of both ends in a tape longitudinal direction of font data corresponding to a character string included in the fixed form print information, a fixed form print displaying step for displaying on the display device the fixed form print information from which the margin area has been deleted, and a fixed form print transferring step for transferring the fixed form print information to the print label producing apparatus.“

The patent application was filed on December 6, 2012 (13/706,94).