ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,076, issued on July 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, method for controlling image processing apparatus, and recording medium" was invented by Kazuki Kado (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image processing apparatuses have a unit for registering settings in applications or a unit for registering application settings on a portal screen, but do not allow these units to function in a coordinated manner. For example, if a user who frequently uses a certain application registers settings of the application, the settings may also be useful to other users. However, users who mainly use their ...