ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,102, issued on July 14, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting system" was invented by Yohei Onuma (Shiojiri, Japan) and Shoma Kudo (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection head, a plurality of liquid containers, a casing, and a fixing portion that fixes the plurality of liquid containers to the casing. The liquid container has a liquid storage portion, a liquid supply portion, and a liquid discharge portion. The liquid supply portion is directly or indirectly coupled to one end portion of a supply passage supplying liquid to th...