US Patent Issued to Mitsubishi Chemical on July 29 for "Electrophotographic photoreceptor, electrophotographic photoreceptor cartridge, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,889, issued on July 29, was assigned to Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electrophotographic photoreceptor, electrophotographic photoreceptor cartridge, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Takahiro Choda (Tokyo), Daisuke Yamazaki (Tokyo) and Akira Ando (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor including at least a photosensitive layer and a protective layer in sequence on a conductive support, and the protective layer contains a cured product of a curable compound, conductive particles having a band gap of 2.0 eV or more and 3.6 eV or less, and particles h...