US Patent Issued to KONICA MINOLTA on June 3 for "Resin composition, toner for developing electrostatic charge image, image forming method, photosensitive adhesive, and optical switching material" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,132, issued on June 3, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Resin composition, toner for developing electrostatic charge image, image forming method, photosensitive adhesive, and optical switching material" was invented by Kazuaki Nakamura (Hino, Japan), Yukiko Nakai (Toyohashi, Japan), Haruo Horiguchi (Koganei, Japan), Toyoko Shibata (Tokyo) and Kouji Sugama (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resin composition includes: a resin having a first group capable of forming at least two hydrogen bonds; and a photoisomerization compound having a second group capable of forming at least two hydrogen bonds complementar...