ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,765, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Non-transitory computer readable medium recorded with program for controlling external apparatus configured to communicate with liquid ejecting apparatus" was invented by Satoru Arakane (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-transitory computer readable medium recorded with a program for controlling an external apparatus which has a memory and which is configured to communicate with a liquid ejecting apparatus is provided. The program allows a computer to acquire nozzle information from the liquid ejecting apparatus so that the nozzle informat...