ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,192, issued on April 14, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus and control method" was invented by Takashi Suzuki (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A consumable is attachable to a main housing and usable in an image forming apparatus. The consumable contains consumable material. The consumable includes a consumable memory configured to store first remaining amount information. The first remaining amount information indicates a first remaining amount that is a current remaining amount of the consumable material in the consumable. A controller is configured to execute: a first storing...