ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,326, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to PFU Ltd. (Kahoku, Japan).

"Medium conveying apparatus including pair of guides movably located according to conveyance of medium" was invented by Kiichiro Shimosaka (Kahoku, Japan) and Hirotoshi Kakuda (Kahoku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium conveying apparatus includes a pair of conveyance rollers including a first roller and a second roller facing the first roller on an upward side of the first roller, to convey a medium between the first roller and the second roller, and a pair of guides including a lower guide located on an upstream side of the pair of conveyance rollers in a...