ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,242, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image formation apparatus for image defects, image formation method, and storage medium" was invented by Teruyuki Yoshida (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image formation apparatus includes a first image formation unit configured to form a first image on a print medium being conveyed in the image formation apparatus, and a second image formation unit configured to form a second image on the first image formed on the print medium, in a case where the first image is normally formed, and not to form the second image in a case where the first image is not no...