ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,622, issued on July 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Developer supply container and developer supplying system" was invented by Yohei Gamo (Abiko, Japan), Daijiro Kato (Abiko, Japan), Yusuke Oizumi (Toride, Japan) and Ayatomo Okino (Moriya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developer supply container is detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus, the developer receiving apparatus including a developer receiving portion provided with a receiving port for receiving a developer and including a portion-to-be-engaged of displacing integrally with the developer receiving portion. The developer supply container inc...