ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,833, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Liquid storage container and method of recycling liquid storage container" was invented by Taku Ishizawa (Matsumoto, Japan), Seigo Miyazawa (Shiojiri, Japan) and Atsushi Kobayashi (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid storage container includes a casing including multiple recess portions at different portions, and multiple films welded to the casing to close recess portions. The recess portions constitute a liquid storage chamber, and flow path for liquid or air flow. The casing includes a first partition wall that defines a first recess portion a...