US Patent Issued to Max on May 13 for "Image forming system, post-processing apparatus and binding device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,065, issued on May 13, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Image forming system, post-processing apparatus and binding device" was invented by Tatsuya Kenjo (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming system including an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet, a post-processing apparatus comprising a binding device configured to bind the sheet output from the image forming apparatus, and a control unit configured to control the binding device. The binding device is capable of executing binding processing via a staple forming process of forming a staple and moving the staple toward a striking-out ...