US Patent Issued to TOSHIBA TEC on June 24 for "Wireless tag communication device, image forming apparatus, and method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,934, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Wireless tag communication device, image forming apparatus, and method" was invented by Yuki Kawasaki (Numazu Shizuoka, Japan) and Takashi Tomiyama (Sunto Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus, comprising a conveying component configured to convey a first sheet having a first wireless tag and a second sheet having a second wireless tag; a printer configured to form an image in a sheet conveyed by the conveying component; an antenna configured to transmit a radio wave in a first polarization direction and a second polarization direct...