ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,300, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Transport device that transports recording medium, and image forming apparatus including same" was invented by Masahiko Mizuno (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport device includes a transport mechanism and a carry in/out mechanism. The transport mechanism transports a recording medium from inside of an image forming apparatus that forms an image on the recording medium, to outside of the image forming apparatus, and transports the recording medium carried in from the outside of the image forming apparatus, to the inside thereo...