ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,263, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Recording device" was invented by Satoshi Nakata (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording device includes a device body, a recording unit configured to record by ejecting liquid onto a medium, a waste liquid collecting unit configured to collect waste liquid generated inside the device body, a waste liquid storage unit configured to store the waste liquid collected via the waste liquid collecting unit, wherein the waste liquid storage unit is configured to be mountable to and removable from the device body and the waste liquid collecting unit includ...