ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,820, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Resin container manufacturing method and resin container manufacturing apparatus" was invented by Takayuki Nakamura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resin container manufacturing method includes: forming a first pattern on a preform of a resin container; and forming a second pattern on the preform based on a position of the first pattern on the preform."

The patent was filed on April 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/132,443.

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