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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Richard P. N. Veregin, Mississauga, CA;
Shivanthi Easwari Sriskandha, Mississauga, CA;
David R. Kurceba, Hamilton, CA;
Melanie Lynn Davis, Hamilton, CA;
Cuong Vong, Hamilton, CA;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A toner including toner particles comprising at least one resin, in combination with an optional colorant, and an optional wax; and a copolymer toner additive on at least a portion of an external surface of the toner particles, the copolymer toner additive comprising a first monomer having a high carbon to oxygen ratio of from about 3 to about 8; and a second monomer comprising two or more vinyl groups, wherein the second monomer is present in the copolymer in an amount of from greater than about 8 percent by weight to about 60 percent by weight, based on the weight of the copolymer; wherein the copolymer toner additive has a volume average particle diameter of from about 20 nanometers to less than about 70 nanometers. An emulsion aggregation toner process including the copolymer as a toner surface additive.