ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,643, issued on March 17, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Liquid ejection apparatus, method for controlling liquid ejection apparatus, and storage medium" was invented by Fumi Tanaka (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuzuru Ishida (Kanagawa, Japan), Yoshinori Misumi (Tokyo) and Keiji Tomizawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure aims to obtain stable ejection characteristics after performing removal of burnt-on deposits. An embodiment of the present invention is a liquid ejection apparatus including: a liquid ejection head having an ejection port from which to eject liquid, a thermal action unit having a heat ...