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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998

Filed:

May. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Fumiaki Tambo, Minami Ashigara, JP;

Katsumi Daimon, Mississauga, CA;

Yasuo Sakaguchi, Minami Ashigara, JP;

Kazuo Yamasaki, Minami Ashigara, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430 78 ; 540139 ;
Abstract

Hydroxygallium phthalocyanine crystals having intense diffraction peaks at Bragg angles (2.theta..+-.0.2.degree.) of 7.5.degree., 9.9.degree., 12.5.degree., 16.3.degree., 18.6.degree., 25.1.degree. and 28.3.degree. in Cuk.alpha. characteristic X-ray diffractometry, a process for producing the same, and an electrophotographic photoreceptor containing the same are disclosed. The hydroxygallium phthalocyanine crystals are obtained by once preparing impurity-free hydroxygallium phthalocyanine having intense X-ray diffraction peaks at specific Bragg angles, followed by a solvent treatment for crystal transformation, in which the impurity-free crystals are prepared by using excess phthalocyanine ring-forming compound in the synthesis of starting gallium phthalocyanine or by removing insoluble matter from the acid paste of starting gallium phthalocyanine.


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