US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM Business Innovation on Sept. 16 for "Electrostatic charge image developing toner, electrostatic charge image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,875, issued on Sept. 16, 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 Masashi Ikeda (Minamiashigara, Japan), Yuka Ishihara (Minamiashigara, Japan) and Akira Matsumoto (Minamiashigara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains: a toner particle including a core portion containing a binder resin and a release agent that has a melting temperature Tm of 80deg C. or less, and a coating layer that coats the core...