US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Nov. 25 for "Image forming apparatus and control method of switching function usable in image forming apparatus based on contract information of apparatus main body and consumable" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,663, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus and control method of switching function usable in image forming apparatus based on contract information of apparatus main body and consumable" was invented by Takashi Suzuki (Nagoya, Japan) and Noriko Misumi (Konan, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus memory stores first type information indicating whether an apparatus main body is a contract apparatus or a normal apparatus. The contract apparatus is usable in a case where an apparatus contract for an image forming apparatus is set. A consumable memory stores second typ...