ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,295, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Liquid droplet discharging apparatus" was invented by Yusuke Nonoyama (Kanagawa, Japan), Takahiko Matsumoto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Toshihiko Hosoya (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a liquid droplet discharging apparatus that can maintain stable discharging even when a liquid containing particles or cells adheres to a nozzle surface."
The patent was filed on March 11, 2022, under Application No. 17/692,201.
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