ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,723, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Sheet conveyance apparatus and sheet conveyance system" was invented by Hiroto Koga (Chiba, Japan), Kohei Mizuguchi (Ibaraki, Japan), Takahiro Ito (Chiba, Japan) and Toshiki Ishida (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveyance apparatus configured to be detachably connected to a door unit including a door member configured to be opened and closed, the sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance portion configured to convey a sheet, a casing configured to accommodate the conveyance portion to face the door unit, a lock portion supported movably with re...