ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,638, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Post processing device, recording system, and method for controlling post processing device" was invented by Masaki Miyazawa (Matsumoto, Japan) and Takeru Oguchi (Chino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A post processing device includes: a processing tray that supports media on which post processing is performed; a post processing section configured to perform post processing on the medium supported by the processing tray; and a blowing section configured to blow air at the medium supported by the processing tray, wherein a control section for controlling the blo...