ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,912, issued on May 13, was assigned to ZACROS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Port-equipped bag and cap-equipped bag" was invented by Atsushi Mio (Yokohama, Japan), Toyoaki Suzuki (Yokohama, Japan), Junpei Nomura (Yokohama, Japan) and Kaho Toyabe (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A port-equipped bag includes a bag body formed in a bag shape with a sheet, and a cylindrical port member attached to the bag body, and an inner plug and a cap can be attached to the port member. The port member includes an attaching target portion that is covered by the cap in a case in which the cap is attached thereto and an annular lip protruding outward f...