ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,663, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Recording device, recording system, and recording method for recording using curable ink" was invented by Hiroshi Sakai (Nagano, Japan), Kazuya Toshima (Nagano, Japan) and Masakazu Okajima (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording device includes a recording head including a nozzle row configured to discharge ink droplets that are to be cured when irradiated with light onto a recording medium, a drive unit configured to cause the recording head and the recording medium to move relative to each other, a plurality of irradiation parts configured to irradi...