ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,099, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharge method" was invented by Kento Aoki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, a second medium, and a cleaner. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid on the first medium. The second medium is different from the first medium. The liquid discharge head is dischargeable the liquid onto the second medium to form a test pattern. The cleaner cleans the second medium to remove the test pattern from the second medium."
The patent was filed on July 12, 2023,...