ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,679, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Foxlink Image Technology Co. Ltd. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Dual-use automatic document feeder" was invented by Chien Hui Lee (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Pai Hsien Su (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual-use automatic document feeder includes a tilted feeding path, a horizontal feeding path, a U-turn feeding path, an upper scanning unit and a movable document guider. The horizontal feeding path includes a front opening and a rear opening. The U-turn feeding path is connected between the tilted feeding path and the horizontal feeding path. The upper scanning unit is positioned bet...