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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:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Eiji Shirai, Wakayama, JP;
Katsutoshi Aoki, Wakayama, JP;
Masayuki Maruta, Wakayama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G009/087 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A toner for electrophotography comprising a resin binder comprising a crystalline polyester and an amorphous resin, wherein said crystalline polyester is dispersed in the resin binder in an amount of from 1 to 40% by weight, and wherein 90% or more of a dispersed domain of said crystalline polyester has a diameter of from 0.1 to 2 μm. The toner for electrophotography can be suitably used for developing electrostatic latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing, and the like.