ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,555, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Recycling method of recycling developing cartridge that includes cover mounting step, and jig mounting step performed before cover mounting step" was invented by Go Iwasa (Nagoya, Japan) and Shuhei Hatano (Komaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recycling method of recycling a developing cartridge attachable to and detachable from a drum cartridge including a photosensitive drum is provided. The developing cartridge includes: a developing roller; a housing having a filling port; a lever; and a lever cover covering parts of the lever and the filling port...