US Patent Issued to Brother Kogyo on March 25 for "Image forming apparatus and computer-readable storage medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,849, issued on March 25, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus and computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Shunsuke Minamikawa (Nagoya, Japan) and Kenta Horade (Tokai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus, having a cartridge detachably attached to the image forming apparatus and including a first compartment configured to store a colorant, a container configured to be connected with the cartridge and including a second compartment configured to store the colorant flowing from the cartridge, and a display configured to display a first object indicating a firs...