US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM Business Innovation on July 14 for "Electrostatic charge image developing toner, electrostatic charge image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,403, issued on July 14, was assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electrostatic charge image developing toner, electrostatic charge image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Moegi Iguchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Yosuke Tsurumi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yukiko Kamijo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains alkylsilane-treated silica particles, a linear aliphatic hydrocarbon having 10 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms, and toner particles."

The patent was filed on March 23, 2023, under Application No. 18/1...