ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,270, issued on April 8, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Liquid storage container, liquid consumption apparatus, and recording apparatus" was invented by Isao Otani (Kanagawa, Japan), Satoru Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroaki Kusano (Tokyo) and Junichiro Iri (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid storage container capable of storing liquid containing a precipitation component and externally supplying the liquid allows the liquid to be externally supplied to have a uniform precipitation component concentration. The liquid storage container can store liquid containing a precipitation component and externally sup...