ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,221, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Tank for storing liquid supplied to liquid consuming apparatus" was invented by Akinori Igarashi (Kasugai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank includes: a wall defining a liquid storage chamber, the wall including: an upper wall defining an upper end of the liquid storage chamber, a lower wall defining a lower end of the liquid storage chamber, and an erected wall between the upper wall and the lower wall and through which the liquid inside the liquid storage chamber is visible from outside of the tank; an inlet penetrating through the upper wall or ...