ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,549, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to PROVIGATE INC. (Tokyo).
"Liquid collector" was invented by Mitsumi Nishi (Tokyo) and Noriko Miyauchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a liquid collector that collects liquid, the liquid collector including: a flow passage member including a flow passage that connects one end and other end of the flow passage member; a contact member that is disposed at the one end of the flow passage member, that includes an elastic material, and that is configured to come into contact with a target from which liquid is to be collected; and a container tha...