ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,959, issued on April 29.

"Ultra-thin portable printer" was invented by David Amegashie (Albany, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer includes a base and a cover. The base includes front and rear walls, and first and second sidewalls. The cover is pivotally connected to the base. A receiving section extends within the base from the first sidewall to an interior end of the section. The receiving section receives sheets of paper. A paper feeding mechanism is disposed between the interior end and the second sidewall. The paper feeding mechanism is operable to feed paper from the receiving section in the longitudinal direction thr...