ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,647, issued on March 17, was assigned to ROLAND DG Corp. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"Cartridge" was invented by Risa Saito (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Akihiro Suzuki (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge includes an absorber capable of absorbing waste ink, an enclosure that encloses the absorber, and a casing that stores the absorber enclosed in the enclosure."
The patent was filed on June 10, 2024, under Application No. 18/738,365.
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