ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,596, issued on May 13, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Liquid containment bottle and liquid supply apparatus" was invented by Naoya Okazaki (Hashima, Japan), Satoru Oki (Nagoya, Japan), Nanami Abe (Niigata, Japan) and Masahiro Hayashi (Nishio, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid containment bottle includes a bottle body. An internal space in which liquid to be supplied to a tank of a liquid consuming apparatus is contained is formed in the bottle body. The bottle body has: an upper surface, a nozzle projecting upward from the upper surface, the nozzle having a forward end surface in which an opening is ...