ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,402, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Printing device having peripheral surface on which first and second attachment portions to which accessory is attachable are provided" was invented by Tetsuro Muramatsu (Nagoya, Japan), Toshiyuki Furuyama (Chiryu, Japan), Sho Asai (Nisshin, Japan), Atsuo Hirose (Nagoya, Japan), Tomohiro Wada (Nagoya, Japan) and Yusuke Ikemoto (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device includes: a printing engine; a controller; an input interface through which a user can input an instruction into the controller; and a housing accommodating therein the pri...