ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,601, issued on June 24, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Developer supplying container" was invented by Ryoto Seki (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developer supplying container includes a rotary cylindrical accommodating portion including an opening portion formed at one end portion of the accommodating portion in a rotation-axis direction, and a developer discharging portion including a connection portion and a discharging outlet. The connection portion includes a first separation portion and a second separation portion separated from each other in a direction intersecting with the rotation-axis direction. The acc...