ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,331, issued on May 20, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method executing function via scanner to display first button causing screen transition to setting screen, second and third buttons causing scanner to perform scan, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for display function" was invented by Toshifumi Sakai (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanner includes a display device 10 that displays a first button 61 that causes a screen transition to a setting screen for receiving a scan setting, a second button 62 that is located near the first button 61 and causes the scanner to immedi...