MUMBAI, India, May 16 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517040916 A) filed by Japan Cash Machine Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan, on April 28, for 'paper sheet handling device, game machine management device using paper sheet handling device, and degradation level display method for paper sheet handling device.'

Inventor(s) include Haraguchi Kohei; Adachi Naomasa; and Suzuki Hiroyuki.

The application for the patent was published on May 16, under issue no. 20/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "[Problem] To provide a paper sheet handling device and a game machine management device in which a drive unit is replaced before the operational lifetime thereof is reached. [Solu...