US Patent Issued to CANON on Oct. 27 for "Cartridge and cartridge reuse method, the cartridge including an absorber retaining a liquid, a tank holding the absorber, and a lid joined to the tank and open to atmosphere" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,851, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cartridge and cartridge reuse method, the cartridge including an absorber retaining a liquid, a tank holding the absorber, and a lid joined to the tank and open to atmosphere" was invented by Soji Kondo (Kanagawa, Japan), Wataru Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Tatsuo Nanjo (Kanagawa, Japan), Takayuki Nakajima (Kanagawa, Japan) and Keisuke Iinuma (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge including an absorber to retain a liquid, a tank having an opening and including an absorber chamber to hold the absorber therewithin, a lid member joined to the tank opening ...