ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,231, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Sheet thermocompression apparatus and multifunction device" was invented by Kenji Takagi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet thermocompression apparatus for bonding a plurality of the sheets to one another, and configured to be compatible with the sheets with a plurality of prescribed sizes. The apparatus includes a loading portion to be loaded with the bundle of sheets each including the adhesion layer formed thereon and a thermocompression unit. The thermocompression unit includes (i) a pressing member pressing the bundle of sheets loaded on the loadin...