ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,573, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus, method of controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium" was invented by Takeshi Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus having a container with a plurality of containers containing printing materials of the same color type, includes an obtainment unit that obtains a request of information related to a state of the printing apparatus; and a transmission unit that transmits the information related to a state of the printing apparatus including first information related to a combined amount of the printing materials included ...