ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,429, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Liquid discharge apparatus, liquid discharge method, and storage medium" was invented by Hikaru Fukazawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head that discharges a liquid from multiple nozzle holes to apply the liquid to an object and circuitry that causes the liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid from a first number of the multiple nozzle holes to a first area at a start of an application of the liquid to the object as a first discharge, discharge a first total amount of the liquid to a recept...