ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,898, issued on June 23, was assigned to CANON K.K..

"Liquid storage body and liquid ejection apparatus" was invented by Hiroshi Inomata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid storage body for supplying liquid to a liquid ejection apparatus. The storage body includes a bag to store liquid containing a settleable component, a connection section to supply liquid stored in the bag to the liquid ejection apparatus through a supply port while attached to the liquid ejection apparatus, a flow path section inside the bag to supply liquid to the connection section, and an intake section inside the bag to take in liquid store...