ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,935, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Conductive dispersion solution, resin film-forming coating material, resin film, member, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus" was invented by Yasutomo Tsuji (Saitama, Japan), Yuji Kitano (Kanagawa, Japan), Takeshi Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroomi Kojima (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masatsugu Toyonori (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductive dispersion solution comprising a tin oxide particle and a dispersion medium, wherein the conductive dispersion solution further comprises an organic acid, a phosphorus compound, and an amine compound, the tin ox...