ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,240, issued on June 10, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Liquid pack and method of producing the same" was invented by Ai Sakaguchi (Kariya, Japan), Eiichi Fujiwara (Nagoya, Japan), Kenta Hasebe (Nagoya, Japan), Kosuke Nukui (Nagoya, Japan) and Yutaka Takagiwa (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a liquid pack including: a pouch configured to store a liquid therein; and a spout configured to be connectable to a part at one end in a first direction of the pouch, and having a channel in which the liquid passes. The pouch has: a liquid storing chamber configured to store the liquid therein ...