ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,715, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HYOSUNG TNS INC. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus" was invented by Jin Yong Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Hoon Kang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyun Soo Jang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jun Young Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus according to an embodiment includes a deposit and withdrawal part having a space, through which a banknote is inserted or received during deposit and withdrawal, a deposit banknote discrimination section that discriminates a type and abnormality of a deposit ban...