MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202544096421 A) filed by Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, on Oct. 7, 2025, for 'process unit and image forming apparatus.'

Inventor(s) include Mitsuhiro Sato; and Hiroyuki Munetsugu.

The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process unit (20) includes a rotatable image bearing member (21), a charging roller (22), a brush unit (40) including a brush (41) configured to come into contact with a surface of the charging roller (22) at a contact position and a holding member (42) configured to hold the brush (41), a frame member (26) configure...