ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,505, issued on April 21, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Color measurement apparatus" was invented by Katsumi Yamada (Matsumoto, Japan), Takeshi Tokuda (Shiojiri, Japan) and Masaki Ito (Fujimi-machi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A color measurement apparatus to which a colorimeter that measures a color of a color measurement target is configured to be attached in a state in which a color measurement portion is in contact with the color measurement target, includes a carriage that supports the colorimeter, and a scanning mechanism portion that causes the carriage to perform scanning, in which the carriage supports...