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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:
Nov. 21, 2006

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2003
Applicants:

Yasuhiro Oya, Minamiashigara, JP;

Tomohiro Takeda, Minamiashigara, JP;

Daisuke Ishizuka, Minamiashigara, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuhiro Oya, Minamiashigara, JP;

Tomohiro Takeda, Minamiashigara, JP;

Daisuke Ishizuka, Minamiashigara, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 13/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a process cartridge that is freely attachable to and detachable from a main body of an image forming apparatus and that includes a latent image bearing body and a developing device having a developer storage space for storing a developer, the image forming apparatus and an image forming method. The invention also provides another image forming method using a one-component magnetic toner that is employable in a wide region of from a low process speed to a high process speed while achieving a high fixing ability.


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