ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,362, issued on March 18, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium that change a paper size from a first size to a different, second size, and to maintain an aspect ratio of an object" was invented by Yuichi Inoue (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus for editing a document including first and second types of different objects. The apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least the processor and having stored thereon instructions, when executed by the at least the processor, and cooperating...