ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,490, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electrostatic image development toner" was invented by Masashi Watanabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electrostatic image development toner comprising colored resin particles and an external additive, the colored resin particles containing a binder resin, a colorant, an aromatic vinyl thermoplastic elastomer having a polymerizable unsaturated bond, and a release agent, wherein the release agent is an ester compound having a glycerol skeleton."

The patent was filed on Sept. 24, 2020, under Application No. 17/762,997.

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