ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,861, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Storage bag and printing apparatus, the storage bag including a bag and a discharge port for discharging liquid stored in the bag body" was invented by Akira Shiba (Tokyo) and Shoki Wakatsuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage bag including a bag body and a discharge port for discharging liquid stored in the bag body. The bag body includes a first surface portion, a second surface portion opposite to the first surface portion, a third surface portion to serve as a gusset portion to connect the first and second surface portions, and a fourth surface portion opposi...