ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,401, issued on May 5, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Communication system and image obtaining device configured to transmit image data and to transmit encryption key, nontransitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer readable instructions for image obtaining device, and controlling method for image obtaining device" was invented by Satoru Yanagi (Obu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image obtaining device includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal and a controller in communication with the communication interface. The controller configured to: generate encr...