ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,280, issued on March 31, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Filtration and collection device" was invented by Takashi Kondo (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Shogo Tokoi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtration and collection device capable of improving the collection rate of filtration targets. The filtration and collection device may include a holder having an inlet port for pouring a liquid, a discharge port for discharging the liquid, a flow path through which the inlet port and the discharge port communicate, and a groove portion formed on an outer periphery of the holder, a filter d...