US Patent Issued to CANON on Aug. 25 for "Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,251, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus" was invented by Akira Sakakibara (Shizuoka, Japan), Yuka Ishiduka (Shizuoka, Japan), Daisuke Miura (Tokyo), Tsutomu Nishida (Shizuoka, Japan) and Fumiyuki Hiyama (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer. The surface layer comprises a polycarbonate resin (Alpha) and a polycarbonate resin (Beta). The polycarbonate resin (Alpha) has a structural unit represented by a following formula (A) described herein a...