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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:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/087 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/087 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a toner which does not cause problems on generation of an offensive odor and a stain on a surface of a cooling unit and which is excellent in an offset resistance, a low temperature fixability and an environmental dependency. In the toner for developing an electrostatic latent image comprising a polyester resin as a principal component which is formed by reacting dicarboxylic acids of a polybasic acid with diols of a polyhydric alcohol, dimethyl phthalate remaining in the polyester resin described above without reacting has a content of 0.1 % by weight or less.