ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,519, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Enplas Corp. (Saitama, Japan).

"Container, fluid handling device, and freeze-drying method" was invented by Daisuke Morikoshi (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container of the present invention is for producing or housing a freeze-dried material. The container includes a bottom wall, a side wall, a support part for supporting a fluid to be freeze-dried in such a way that the fluid does not contact the bottom wall; and at least one vent disposed in the bottom wall or in at least a portion of the side wall located below the top of the support part."

The patent was filed on Nov. 2...