ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,822, issued on July 29, was assigned to CITIZEN WATCH Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and CITIZEN SYSTEMS JAPAN Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Printer and bookbinding assisting tool" was invented by Akira Takahashi (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer includes a paper discharge tray that is configured to accumulate paper discharged from a discharge portion; and a holding member that is provided at a position where the paper discharged from the discharge portion is stacked, the holding member configured to be integrated with the paper discharge tray or held to be extractable from the paper discharge tray. The holding member includes a pair of...