ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,322, issued on May 27, was assigned to Shandong New Beiyang Information Technology Co. Ltd. (Shandong, China).

"Sheet medium stacking and separting appartus; and cash recycling and handling apparatus" was invented by Lei Zheng (Shangong, China), Jiansheng Liu (Shandong, China), Jianyu Sun (Shandong, China) and Qiangzi Cong (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus includes a frame, a supporting plate and a paper shifting mechanism. The frame is provided with a storage cavity. A first end of the storage cavity along a stacking direction of the sheet medium is provided with a paper...