MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202544096461 A) filed by Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, on Oct. 7, 2025, for 'process unit and image forming apparatus.'

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

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) including a image bearing member (21), a charging roller (22), a shaft-supporting member (45) configured to rotatably support the charging roller (22), and a brush unit (40) including a brush (41) and a holding member (42) configured to hold the brush (41), the brush (41) including a br...