ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,958, issued on April 21, was assigned to R&D AUTOMATION (Monswiller, France).

"Device for the robotic printing of individually-printed books, and associated method" was invented by Hubert Pedurand (Coulanges la Vineuse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for manufacturing a book on demand includes a cover printing station for printing a cover; a book block printing station for printing or receiving a book block; a binding station assembling the book block and the cover; transport structure arranged to transport the cover and/or the book block between the different stations; a trimming station trimming the book and linked...