ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,765, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Toner container including a pouch and portions supporting the pouch" was invented by Masaaki Sato (Kanagawa, Japan), Koji Wada (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroshi Takarada (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tsuyoshi Ogawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner container includes a pouch configured to accommodate the toner therein and provided with an opening at a first end portion of the pouch with respect to a first direction, with a width of the pouch in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction being wider than a width of the pouch in a third direction that is p...