ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,877, issued on April 21, was assigned to NISSEI ASB MACHINE Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).

"Manufacturing method, manufacturing apparatus, and mold unit for resin container" was invented by Toshiteru Oike (Nagano, Japan) and Yoichi Tsuchiya (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method of a resin container includes: a first injection molding process for injection-molding a first layer of a preform having a bottomed cylindrical shape by using a first resin material; a second injection molding process for injecting a second resin material having a color that is different from a color of the first resin material, and ...