ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,890, issued on May 26, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Control method of liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Ryota Takahashi (Shiojiri, Japan) and Sawako Tsujimura (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, an attachment unit, and an operation unit including a display unit. The attachment unit includes a first attachment portion for a first liquid reservoir unit that reserves a first liquid, and a second attachment portion fora second liquid reservoir unit that reserves a second liquid having a sedimentation property ...