ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,002, issued on July 1, was assigned to RISO Technologies Corp. (Tokyo).

"Liquid supply device, liquid ejection device, and liquid supply method" was invented by Jun Takamura (Mishima Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a liquid supply device includes a tank with an lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion is partitioned into a first chamber side and a second chamber side. The upper portion permits flow of liquid between the first and second chamber sides. The first chamber side is connected by a first flow path portion to a primary side of a filter. The second chamber side is connec...