ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,665, issued on March 17, was assigned to Palettera Holdings Inc. (Markham, Canada).
"Vessel for use in multiple positions and methods of use" was invented by Raymond Yu (Scarborough, Canada) and Jimmy Yu (Markham, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkwell apparatus comprises an inkwell vessel and a cap for covering a vessel opening in an apparatus storage position. The cap has a protruding tip upon which to support the inkwell in an apparatus spinning position or a pooling position. A bottom (e.g. support surface) of the inkwell forms at least one of: i) a central region providing a tip engaging surface dimensioned to receive...