ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,225, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Container" was invented by Shinjiro Toba (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroyuki Munetsugu (Kanagawa, Japan) and Mitsuhiro Sato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for accommodating a content of powder or a liquid includes an accommodating portion; an end portion including a rotatable member and a discharging portion which includes a discharge opening and a passage, wherein the end portion is on a side opposite from the accommodating portion with respect to a rotational axis direction; and a flange portion extending in a radial direction of a phantom circle about the rota...