ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,959, issued on July 21, was assigned to Futaba Industrial Co. Ltd. (Okazaki, Japan).

"Canister" was invented by Masahito Hosoi (Okazaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A canister comprises an outer case, an inner case arranged inside the outer case, and a first adsorption chamber arranged in the inner case, a second adsorption chamber arranged in the inner case between the first adsorption chamber and an atmosphere port, a first adsorbent accommodated in the first adsorption chamber, a second adsorbent accommodated in the second adsorption chamber, and a plate-shaped filter arranged between the second adsorbent and the atmosphe...