ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,097, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).

"Toner cartridge with waste toner dispersing member connected to and driven by toner transport member" was invented by Yongnam Ahn (Seongnam Si, South Korea), Jiwon Moon (Seongnam Si, South Korea), Woongyong Choi (Seongnam Si, South Korea) and Minsu Han (Seongnam Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example toner cartridge includes a toner container to contain toner, the toner container including a toner outlet, a toner transport member arranged in the toner container to transport the toner to the toner outlet by rotating with res...