US Patent Issued to Xerox on March 18 for "Silicone copolymer surface additive" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,568, issued on March 18, was assigned to Xerox Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Silicone copolymer surface additive" was invented by Richard P. N. Veregin (Mississauga, Canada), Kimberly D. Nosella (Ancaster, Canada), Raysa Rodriguez Diaz (Burlington, Canada), Nan-Xing Hu (Oakville, Canada), Majid Kamel (Mississauga, Canada) and Cuong Vong (Hamilton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An organic polymeric particle including an optional first monomer comprising a hydrophobic monomer; a second monomer comprising two or more vinyl groups; an optional third monomer comprising an amine; and a vinyl siloxane polymerizable monomer."

The patent...