ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,547, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to THREEBOND Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Dispensing apparatus, movable member, circulation control method" was invented by Naoya Saito (Tokyo) and Takuma Kado (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing apparatus includes: a storage unit including a first flow path, a second flow path, and a third flow path; and a movable member including a first part, and a second part. The first part and the second part are formed in a long shape, and the second part is formed such that a cross-section crossing the longitudinal direction is smaller than that of the first part."
The patent was filed on Sept. 18,...