ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,803, issued on July 29, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Printing liquid container, container set, and system including printing liquid containers and tanks" was invented by Masahiro Hayashi (Nishio, Japan), Satoru Oki (Nagoya, Japan), Nanami Ashida (Nagoya, Japan) and Naoya Okazaki (Hashima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing liquid container fits to one of first and second tanks each including a fitted portion. The printing liquid container includes a first member having a supply port, and a second member having a valve configured to open or close the supply port. The first member and the second mem...