US Patent Issued to Xerox on Dec. 16 for "Pigmented polymer particles and methods of production and uses thereof" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,512, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Xerox Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Pigmented polymer particles and methods of production and uses thereof" was invented by Shivanthi Easwari Sriskandha (Mississauga, Canada), Valerie M. Farrugia (Oakville, Canada) and Richard Philip Nelson Veregin (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pigmented polymer particles may comprise a thermoplastic polymer and a pigment, wherein at least some of the pigmented polymer particles have a morphology according to (a), (b), (c), or any combination thereof: (a) the pigment having a coating comprising the thermoplastic polymer and the coated pigment a...