ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,204, issued on July 15, was assigned to YOSHINO KOGYOSHO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Method for manufacturing liquid container" was invented by Mitsuru Shiokawa (Tokyo) and Mitsuaki Isahai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid-filled container manufacturing method including: the air discharge step of discharging air from an inside of a preform, by supplying a liquid at a level of pressure that does not cause stretching of the preform to the inside of the preform through an intra-tube channel formed between an inner peripheral surface of a spare supply tube extending through a blow nozzle and an outer peripheral surface of a spare sup...