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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. 24, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/087 ; G03G 9/097 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/087 ; G03G 9/097 ;
Abstract
A toner for developing electrostatic latent images comprises: a colorant; a polyester resin; a negative charge controlling agent comprised of a chromium complex compound; and a positive charge controlling agent, wherein the polyester resin has an acid value Z of 15 to 33 mgKOH/g, a hydroxyl value Y of 4 to 17 mgKOH/g and a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 5200-7000.