ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,717, issued on March 11, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Device, method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium with computer program for managing machine troubles, and image forming system with machine trouble management device" was invented by Shinya Saito (Kunitachi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A management device for managing machine troubles includes a controller that: generates display information in which production timeline information of one or a plurality of jobs and information on errors of the one or a plurality of jobs are associated with each other; and outputs the display informat...