US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on July 14 for "Image reading apparatus and data communication system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,905, issued on July 14, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image reading apparatus and data communication system" was invented by Takuma Fujikawa (Osaka, Japan), Nobushiro Fujiwara (Osaka, Japan) and Shingo Ito (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading apparatus includes a reading device generating scan data by reading a sheet, and a communication device capable of communicating with a data management apparatus managing a plurality of folders including a shared folder in a hierarchical structure. The communication device transmits the scan data and folder designation information desig...