US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Feb. 10 for "Image forming device to notify of guiding message showing guidance on recycling cartridge" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,101, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming device to notify of guiding message showing guidance on recycling cartridge" was invented by Satoru Oki (Nagoya, Japan), Tetsunori Mori (Kariya, Japan), Taichiro Kimoto (Nagoya, Japan) and Sadaaki Miyazaki (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming device includes an image forming unit, a notification device, and a controller. The image forming unit is configured to print an image on a sheet with colorant accommodated in a cartridge mounted on the image forming device. The notification device is configured to notify of infor...