ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,676, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Apparatus, external apparatus, display method, and recording medium" was invented by Kiyoshi Kasatani (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to provide a display apparatus capable of identifying handwritten data drawn by a particular display apparatus. A display apparatus for displaying data, in which indication of handwritten input originated data drawn by the display apparatus is recorded in association with the handwritten data."

The patent was filed on Oct. 12, 2020, under Application No. 17/765,000.

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