ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,828, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus" was invented by Sadatoshi Oishi (Fuji Shizuoka, Japan) and Masakazu Kato (Numazu Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a printing apparatus includes a shaft, an antenna, and a printing section. The shaft can be inserted into a cylindrical core of an ink ribbon roll wound around the cylindrical core. The shaft permits the ink ribbon roll to rotate about the shaft. The ink ribbon roll has a wireless tag for identification purposes or the like. The antenna is provided on the shaft for data communication with the w...