ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,216, issued on May 20, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Printer, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions" was invented by Akihiro Kawakita (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer includes a container configured to store a liquid, a transducer configured to humidify air by causing the liquid stored in the container to vibrate, a first change mechanism including at least one of a first valve or a first pump, and configured to change a liquid level of the liquid stored in the container, a first sensor configured to output a first detection sig...