ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,435, issued on June 17, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Recording device and recording method" was invented by Kazuaki Sakurada (Suwa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit acquires an interval between weaving threads in a woven fabric, and changes an interval between ruled lines constituting a ruled line group in a test pattern on the basis of the acquired interval between weaving threads. When the interval between weaving threads in the woven fabric matches the interval between ruled lines constituting the ruled line group in the test pattern or when these intervals are in the relationship of integer multi...