US Patent Issued to Ricoh on Sept. 30 for "Electronic device and method for producing the same, image forming method, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,787, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Electronic device and method for producing the same, image forming method, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hidetoshi Kami (Shizuoka, Japan), Tomoharu Asano (Kanagawa, Japan) and Ryota Inoue (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a support, a charge-transporting layer, a silicone-containing layer, and a metal oxide film. The charge-transporting layer includes a charge-transporting material or a dye-sensitizing electrode layer including a sensitizing dye. The charge-transporting layer or the sensitizing-dye electrode l...