ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,380, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Inkjet recording apparatus and ink tank that prevents ink dripping when ink is injected into an ink tank" was invented by Koki Shimada (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank including an ink storage chamber configured to store ink to be supplied to a recording head configured to discharge ink. An injection portion is provided through which ink is injected from an ink bottle into the ink storage chamber. An ink reception portion is configured to receive ink inside the injection portion. A communication portion is co...