ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,710, issued on July 15, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Setting information transmission apparatus" was invented by Tokiko Watanabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A setting information transmission apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store setting information for a previously-made initial setting for an external apparatus, a first reception unit configured to receive information about the external apparatus and initial setting start information from the external apparatus, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, upon receiving the initial setting start information, setting information for an initial se...