US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on June 30 for "Information processing apparatus and device management method for prohibiting new user of printing device from accessing user information of former user" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,778, issued on June 30, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Information processing apparatus and device management method for prohibiting new user of printing device from accessing user information of former user" was invented by Tetsuya Okuno (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus includes: a communication interface configured to communicate with a printing device via a network; and a controller configured to manage the printing device on the basis of user information of a corresponding user. The printing device is configured to perform image formation on a printing medium....