ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,855, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to WISTRON CORP. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Filter container, filter assembly, and extraction device" was invented by Chao Hsuan Chiu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Ying Lun Hsu (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter container includes a main part and a filter piece, the main part includes a surrounding portion, an opening, and a coupling portion, the opening and the coupling portion are respectively located at two opposite sides of the surrounding portion, the filter piece is arranged at the coupling portion."

The patent was filed on April 6, 2022, under Application No. 17/714,438.

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