ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,210, issued on March 24, was assigned to Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. (Japan).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Masanori Kyogoku (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor drum, an exposure device, a development device, and a controller. The exposure device irradiates the photoconductor drum with a light beam and thereby forms an electrostatic latent image. The development device causes toner to adhere to the electrostatic latent image and thereby generates a toner image. The controller controls the exposure device. Further the exposure device includes a polygon mirr...