ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,708, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Developer container and image forming system for accommodating powder or liquid contents" was invented by Hiroyuki Munetsugu (Kanagawa, Japan), Mitsuhiro Sato (Tokyo) and Shinjiro Toba (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developer container includes a pouch, a communication member, and a cap. A marking including an arrowhead part and a parting line are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cap. A rear end of the arrowhead part is disposed between a first position that is a position 45deg upstream from a reference position in a direction of rotation and ...