ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,602, issued on May 13, was assigned to GOSANTECH Co. LTD. (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"Ink supply system of ink-jet head provided with emergency drain function and ink-jet printer having same" was invented by Yunseok Choi (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed are an ink supply system of an ink-jet head provided with an emergency drain function and an ink-jet printer having the ink supply system. The ink supply system includes an ink-jet head, an ink storage apparatus, a supply flow path configured to supply ink to the ink-jet head, a recovery flow path configured to return at least some of ink to the ink sto...