ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,194, issued on June 17, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus, information processing apparatus, method of controlling printing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, printing system, and storage medium" was invented by Kazuhiro Hata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus communicates with an information processing apparatus which displays a remaining amount of a first color material and a second color material in the printing apparatus on a display region based on information sent from the printing apparatus. A first color material display color is modified ...