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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2019
Applicants:
Toyoshi Sawada, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazumi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yu Naito, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihiro Kaneko, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Toyoshi Sawada, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazumi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yu Naito, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihiro Kaneko, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08 (2006.01); G03G 9/09 (2006.01); G03G 9/087 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/0924 (2013.01); G03G 9/08755 (2013.01); G03G 9/0926 (2013.01); G03G 15/0121 (2013.01); G03G 15/0865 (2013.01);
Abstract
A toner comprising a binder resin and a near-infrared light absorbing material is provided. The toner in the form of a pellet has: a chroma C* of 20 or less in the L*C*h color space; a hue angle h of from 50 to 90 degrees in the L*C*h color space; and a spectral reflectance of 5% or less at a wavelength of from 800 to 900 nm.