ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,599, issued on May 13, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Liquid containment bottle and liquid supply apparatus" was invented by Naoya Okazaki (Hashima, Japan), Satoru Oki (Nagoya, Japan), Nanami Abe (Niigata, Japan) and Masahiro Hayashi (Nishio, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid containment bottle includes: a bottle body defining an internal space configured to contain liquid; and a cap configured to be attached to the bottle body. The bottle body has: a base end surface, a nozzle projecting from the base end surface in a first direction, and a circular wall positioned in a surrounding of the nozzle and...