US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on March 25 for "Image reading apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,986, issued on March 25, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image reading apparatus" was invented by Tomoyuki Mokuo (Kitakyushu, Japan), Noriyuki Koyanagi (Kitakyushu, Japan), Keiichiro Fukumasu (Kitakyushu, Japan), Keisuke Miyauchi (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Naoki Sakamoto (Kitakyushu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading apparatus includes a separating roller that is capable of switching between a separation state in which an original document is separated and a non-separation state in which the original document is not separated, and determines whether or not the original document is fed in the separation s...