ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,650, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Developing cartridge including casing and first and second agitators for agitating toner accommodated in casing" was invented by Kazuaki Ooka (Nagoya, Japan), Junichi Hashimoto (Toyohashi, Japan), Shota Iriyama (Toyokawa, Japan), Keigo Nakajima (Nagoya, Japan) and Kengo Yada (Seki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing cartridge includes: a casing, a developing roller, a first agitator, a supply roller, and a second agitator. The casing is configured to accommodate toner. The developing roller is rotatable about a developing roller rotation axis ...