ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,413, issued on July 1, was assigned to GLORY LTD. (Himeji, Japan).

"Sheet storage apparatus and sheet processing apparatus" was invented by Hidetomo Yanagiuchi (Hyogo, Japan) and Yoichi Takemura (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a sheet storage apparatus and a sheet processing apparatus capable of effectively reducing tension applied to the entrance portion of a storage bag that stores sheets at the time of sealing the storage bag. The sheet storage apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a sealing unit that seals a predetermined portion of the storage bag storing sheets and a ...