ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,175, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Liquid supply system, control method, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions, and liquid supply device" was invented by Akihiro Kawakita (Nagoya, Japan) and Hisaaki Yoshimoto (Nukata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor of a liquid supply system performs circulation processing based on a circulation setting relating to a unit increase amount that is an amount by which a remaining amount of a liquid in a server or printer tank increases as a result of second circulation processing, per unit time from an end...