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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:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Chiaki Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Takada, Shizuoka, JP;
Naohiro Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A toner is prepared by dissolving and/or dispersing a modified polyester resin in an organic solvent to yield a solution or dispersion, the modified polyester resin being reactive with a compound having an active hydrogen group, mixing the solution or dispersion with an aqueous medium containing resin particles, and subjecting the modified polyester resin to crosslinking and/or elongation in the aqueous medium. The binder resin further includes a crystalline polyester resin in addition to the modified polyester resin.