ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,395, issued on May 5, was assigned to Foxlink Image Technology Co. Ltd. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Scanner with a foldable stand" was invented by Kuo Shing Wang (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Hsing Hung Lee (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanner with a foldable stand includes a housing, a first output tray foldably covered to an upper portion of a rear of the housing, a second output tray foldably covered to a top of the housing, a supporting stand an abutting element. Two ends of the first output tray have a starting end, and a swingable connecting end connected to the starting end. An outer surface of the f...