ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,269, issued on June 30, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing device" was invented by Michihiro Shimizu (Asahi-mura, Japan) and Hiroaki Kasuga (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device includes: a case having a roll paper housing unit in which a roll paper is housed; a cover coupled to the case and opening and closing the roll paper housing unit; a battery housing unit formed in the case; a battery housed in the battery housing unit; and a belt clip attached to the case, the belt clip including a power receiving module that receives a power transmission signal from outside by contactless power f...