US Patent Issued to Canon on June 30 for "Authentication apparatus, authentication target apparatus, image forming apparatus, replacement unit, and authentication method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,596, issued on June 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Authentication apparatus, authentication target apparatus, image forming apparatus, replacement unit, and authentication method" was invented by Hirotaka Ittogi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An authentication method for authenticating an authentication target apparatus by an authentication apparatus is provided. The method includes: the authentication apparatus performing first encryption processing in accordance with first encryption processing information; the authentication target apparatus performing second decryption processing in accordance with seco...