US Patent Issued to Sharp on Aug. 26 for "Electrophotographic photoconductor and image-forming apparatus including the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,441, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Electrophotographic photoconductor and image-forming apparatus including the same" was invented by Akiko Kihara (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electrophotographic photoconductor including an outermost surface layer containing inorganic compound microparticles that have a number mean primary particle diameter of 10-40 nm and are dispersed uniformly into the outermost surface layer at a proportion of 7-18% by mass in the outermost surface layer, wherein in slicing the outermost surface layer in its stacking direction with a thickness of 70 ...