ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,112, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Liquid discharging apparatus" was invented by Masako Kawagoe (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a housing; a head having a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid to a printing medium; and a waste liquid box configured to store a waste liquid of the liquid. The housing has a first opening configured to eject the printing medium, the first opening being arranged in a front-surface of the housing. The waste liquid box is configured to be inserted into and drawn from the housing via the fron...