ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,220, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cartridge and re-manufacturing method of cartridge" was invented by Isao Otani (Kanagawa, Japan), Junichiro Iri (Kanagawa, Japan), Yusuke Hashimoto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masatoshi Ohira (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge includes a liquid absorbent, a tank, and a partition member. The liquid absorbent holds liquid. The tank has an opening and an absorbent holder to store the liquid absorbent. The lid member is joined to the opening of the tank. The partition member is arranged between the liquid absorbent positioned inside the absorbent holder and t...