ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,707, issued on July 8, was assigned to THE NIPPON SIGNAL Co. LTD. (Japan).

"Baggage inspection device" was invented by Kazuaki Takayama (Kuki, Japan), Yutaka Hasebe (Kuki, Japan), Masaki Takahashi (Kuki, Japan), Chihaya Ogawa (Kuki, Japan), Kiyotaka Uchida (Kuki, Japan), Yoshiyuki Ikemoto (Kuki, Japan), Eishi Kawasaki (Kuki, Japan) and Tetsuo Murakami (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a baggage inspection device that can maintain or improve inspection throughput. The Baggage Inspection Device 100 according to an embodiment of this invention comprises Conveyor 20 that transports Baggage BA, Inspect...