ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,333, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Storage apparatus, liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Takaaki Saito (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoji Shimoyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage apparatus, comprising a memory unit including an anti-fuse element, an information write unit configured to write information in the anti-fuse element by periodically applying a signal to the memory unit, and a control unit configured to execute drive control of the information write unit, wherein based on a determination result as to whether the signal periodically output by th...