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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:
Oct. 21, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1996
Scott D Chamberlain, Macedon, NY (US);
Edward B Caruthers, Jr, Rochester, NY (US);
Constance J Thornton, Ontario, NY (US);
George A Gibson, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A negatively charged liquid developer comprised of a nonpolar liquid, a mixture of a first and a second thermoplastic resin with dissimilar melt indexes, a pigment, charge director, optional charge adjuvent, a charge control agent comprised of a component of the alternative formulas ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl, and n is 0 (zero), 1, 2, 3, or 4, and wherein the melt index of the first resin is from about 50 to about 800 grams, and the melt index of the second resin from about 850 to about 2,500 grams.