ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,662, issued on June 16, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Replacement module capable of preventing foreign matter from entering when in attached state regardless of usage environment, electronic apparatus, and electronic apparatus set" was invented by Kenji Ishii (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replacement module capable of preventing foreign matter from entering when in an attached state regardless of a usage environment is provided. The replacement module that is replaceably attached to an electronic apparatus includes an exterior portion that constitutes a part of an exterior of the electronic apparatus in an ...