ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,184, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid replenishment container" was invented by Yuta Koike (Matsumoto, Japan) and Tadahiro Mizutani (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid replenishment container includes a container body portion having an opening and configured to contain a liquid, a liquid outlet forming portion coupled to the container body portion and including a cylindrical portion that defines a liquid outflow path communicating with the opening, and a cap configured to be attached to and detached from the liquid outlet forming portion. The liquid outlet forming portion inclu...