ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,212, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Lexmark International Inc. (Lexington, Ky.).
"Toner container having a toner port shutter interface" was invented by Emily Stefano Adams (Lexington, Ky.), Brian Lester Boettcher (Versailles, Ky.), Brian Lee Hawes (Lexington, Ky.), Glen Alan Reidhaar (Lexington, Ky.), Brittany Nicole Sexton (Lexington, Ky.) and Edward Lynn Triplett (Lexington, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner container for use with a developer unit of an image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a body having a front that leads during insertion of the toner container into the image forming devic...