ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,664, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Image processing apparatus capable of displaying a setting history for which authentication information is required to execute a job and control method therof" was invented by Kazuhiko Ido (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes: a setting history storage that stores a setting history being a history of a setting value when a job is executed; a list displayer that displays a list of the setting history; a setting screen displayer that displays, in a case where the setting history is selected, a setting screen on which the s...