ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,127, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).

"Adjusting media positions based on read media advancements and predictions" was invented by David Melero Cazorla (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Jorge Porras Martinez (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Martin Urrutia Nebreda (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a platen to hold a media thereon, the media moveable along a media path direction; a displacement mechanism to move the media over the platen and along the media path direction; a media advanc...