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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:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2022
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0865 (2013.01); G03G 9/0808 (2013.01); G03G 15/6573 (2013.01); G03G 15/6585 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming method includes supplying powder having metallic luster on a resin image arranged on a recording medium, wherein a color value of the resin image and a color value of the powder on the recording medium satisfy the following Equation (1):{(−40)+()+()}≤20  (1)whereinL*, a*, and b*represent color values of the powder, andL*, a*, and b*represent color values of the resin image on the recording medium.