ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,837, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing device" was invented by Yasuo Koyauchi (Nagano, Japan) and Seiji Kimura (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a printing device including: an capacitive touch panel; a home operation portion including a mechanical key for transitioning from a screen displayed on the capacitive touch panel to a basic screen; and a power supply operation portion including a mechanical key for shifting a power state of the printing device, in which the home operation portion is located in a first direction of the capacitive touch panel, and the power supply ...