ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,287, issued on June 23, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Liquid replenishment container" was invented by Koji Kudo (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid replenishment container includes a liquid accommodation section configured to accommodate a liquid, a pouring section coupled to the liquid accommodation section and having an outlet port for pouring the liquid, and a cap section mounted on the pouring section and covering the outlet port, in which the liquid accommodation section includes a main section formed of metal, and at least one of the liquid accommodation section and the pouring section include...