ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,210, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing material cartridge with identification portion readable by printing apparatus and printing system" was invented by Noriyuki Fukasawa (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing material cartridge mounted by being inserted into a cartridge mounting portion of a printing apparatus, includes: an identification portion on which identification information for identifying the printing material cartridge is recorded, in which the identification portion is formed at a readable position that is optically readable by a reading portion formed inside a c...