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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2021
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshimasa Fujihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Shintaro Anno, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Miura, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle including a binder resin and a release agent. When a cross section of the toner particle is observed, the toner particle satisfies a condition (A1) below: Condition (A1): the toner particle includes one or more domains of the release agent, the one or more domains having a diameter equal to 8% or more and 30% or less of the maximum diameter of the toner particle, the one or more domains having a geometric center at a depth of R/2 or less below the surface of the toner particle, where R represents the distance between the geometric center of the toner particle and the surface of the toner particle, the one or more domains being entirely included in an inside portion of the toner particle which extends below a depth of 50 nm from the surface of the toner particle.