ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,405, issued on March 3, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus including main casing to which cartridge is attachable and main memory and method of controlling image forming apparatus" was invented by Rintaro Mori (Kasugai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing; a main memory; and a controller. A cartridge is detachably attachable to the main casing. The cartridge includes a cartridge memory storing therein identification information identifying the cartridge. The main memory is configured to store therein history information including history ide...