ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,249, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Two-component developing type image forming apparatus provided with an image carrying member having an organic photosensitive layer" was invented by Masataka Okada (Osaka, Japan) and Kiyotaka Kobayashi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrying member; a charging device; an exposure device; a developing device; a drive unit; a developing-voltage power supply; and a control unit. The developing device has a developer carrying member which is configured to carry a two-component developer cont...