MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202544096449 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) and a holding member (42), a regulation member (45), and an urging member (53). The holding member (42) includes a first force-receiving portion (P1), a second force-receiving portion (P2...