ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,313, issued on July 15, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Processing device and recording device" was invented by Tsutomu Ozaki (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing, a processing unit disposed inside the housing, a cover member for covering an opening located in the housing in an openable and closeable manner, and a near field communication sensor disposed in the housing are provided, the processing unit is exposed to an exterior of the housing through the opening, and the near field communication sensor is, with the opening closed by the cover member, located between the opening surface and the cover ...