ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,686, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Radiographic imaging apparatus and radiographic imaging system" was invented by Kiichi Takamiya (Hino, Japan) and Keisuke Koeda (Tokorozawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiographic imaging apparatus includes: a radiographic imager that performs imaging; a built-in power storage device that supplies electric power to the imager, an attachment portion to which an external power storage device that supplies electric power to the imager is to be detachably attached; a connector that is electrically connectable to an external apparatus; and a hardware processo...