ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,062, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Broadcast receiving apparatus" was invented by Kazuhiko Yoshizawa (Kyoto, Japan), Takuya Shimizu (Kyoto, Japan), Yasunobu Hashimoto (Kyoto, Japan), Nobuo Masuoka (Kyoto, Japan) and Nobuaki Kabuto (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital broadcast receiving apparatus capable of executing a function with a higher added value is provided. A broadcast receiving apparatus configured to receive contents includes: a receiving unit configured to receive the contents; an interface via which the contents received by the receiving unit is outputted; a control uni...