ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,899, issued on June 23, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Cartridge, system, and cartridge set" was invented by Masahiro Hayashi (Anjo, Japan), Naoya Okazaki (Hashima, Japan), Yuma Tanabe (Nagoya, Japan), Satoru Oki (Nagoya, Japan) and Yuji Fukuta (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge configured to be inserted in a first direction into a case having a plurality of engagement portions is provided. The cartridge has a body and a key member. The body has a chamber for storing a printing agent. The key member is located on the body at a position associated with a type of the printing agent stored in...