ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,537, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).

"Media bypass for a printer" was invented by Javier Onecha (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Ricardo Sanchis Estruch (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Eduardo Martin Orue (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Marc Garcia Lleixa (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Isidoro Maya Agudo (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A media bypass for a printer, the media bypass comprising a convertible media support to hold a substrate and to switch between an active and an inactive configuration, wherein the convertible media support pivot...