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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Kamae, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyo Miyakai, Tokyo, JP;
Maki Imura, Chiba, JP;
Yuu Nishimura, Chiba, JP;
Shin Kitamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Takaho Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner, comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein the binder resin comprises an amorphous polyester and a crystalline polyester; (i) a weight-average molecular weight of a soluble matter of the crystalline polyester in o-dichlorobenzene at 100° C. is 1500 to 4900; (ii) the crystalline polyester comprises a modified crystalline polyester having at least one terminal-modified structure selected from among a structure in which a hydroxy group at a main chain terminal of the crystalline polyester is terminal-modified with a C16 to C31 aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, and a structure in which a carboxy group at a main chain terminal of the crystalline polyester is terminal-modified with a C15 to C30 aliphatic monoalcohol; and (iii) a content ratio of the terminal-modified structure in the crystalline polyester is 80.0 mol % or higher.