ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,582, issued on June 30, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, method for operating image processing apparatus, and endoscope system for indicating an imaged area and a not-yet-imaged area of an image" was invented by Maiko Endo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention enables to report insufficient observation at an appropriate timing. A medical image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a medical image processing apparatus including a memory that stores area information indicating predetermined areas to be imaged in a photographic subject,...