ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,461, issued on May 12, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus" was invented by Naoko Shimizu (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoshiyuki Nakagawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus can join the ejection member to the ejection member joining surface with a sufficient joining area, and suppress a decrease in joining reliability. To this end, second supply ports are provided in side portions of an ejection member."

The patent was filed on Aug. 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/236,729.

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