ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,720, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Developing cartridge having casing that moves relative to a lever according to movement of the lever" was invented by Nao Itabashi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing cartridge includes a casing capable of containing a developer material. A lever is movable relative to the casing between a first position and a second position. The lever has one end portion that functions as the point of effort and another end portion that functions as the point of application. A surface functions as a pivot point, where the pivot point is not directly ...