ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,352, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co. Ltd. (Zhuhai, China).

"Process cartridge chip and process cartridge" was invented by Zhe Shao (Zhuhai, China), Xiangchao Xia (Zhuhai, China) and Xing Peng (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a process cartridge chip and a process cartridge. The process cartridge is detachably installed on a main body of an image-forming apparatus. The process cartridge chip includes a first grounding portion and a second grounding portion electrically connected to the first grounding portion. The first grounding portion is connected to a refe...