ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,676, issued on July 28, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Head unit and liquid dispensing apparatus" was invented by Makoto Miyazawa (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a head unit including an elapsed time acquisition unit configured to acquire elapsed time information, a unit temperature detection circuit configured to output a unit temperature signal including a unit temperature information indicating a temperature of the head unit, a print head configured to dispense liquid when receiving a drive signal, and a temperature information output circuit configured to acquire a temperature signal indic...