US Patent Issued to PHC HOLDINGS on June 10 for "Drainage cap and cold storage" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,293, issued on June 10, was assigned to PHC HOLDINGS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Drainage cap and cold storage" was invented by Takumi Nishimura (Ehime, Japan), Takanari Kabumoto (Ehime, Japan), Eiji Doi (Ehime, Japan) and Mitsuyuki Shirata (Ehime, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drainage cap includes: a body part configured to be inserted to a drainage outlet; and a flange part provided at the body part, and including a notch and an opposing part at a peripheral portion of the flange part, the opposing part being configured to face a peripheral portion of the drainage outlet."

The patent was filed on Feb. 10, 2023, under Application No....