US Patent Issued to INOAC, ROGERS INOAC on Sept. 15 for "Toner seal member and toner cartridge" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,899, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to INOAC Corp. (Nagoya, Japan) and ROGERS INOAC Corp. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Toner seal member and toner cartridge" was invented by Takuya Kiriyama (Aichi, Japan) and Kento Uchida (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner seal member excellent in abrasion resistance. A toner seal member includes a foam layer and a coating layer, and the coating layer is exposed. The coating layer is produced using a polyol, an isocyanate, a photopolymerizable monomer having a hydroxyl group, and a silicone resin as raw materials."

The patent was filed on June 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/873,778.

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