Patents by Inventor Kojiro Masuo

Kojiro Masuo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7008747
    Abstract: An electrophotographic developer comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of boron and phosphorus in a content of 0.1 to 100 ppm, which the developer is excellent in flowability and shelf stability, does not give image defects such as occurrence of white stripes and attains almost constant image quality even when the ambient conditions including temperature and humidity fluctuate. A production process of a polymerized toner used in the developer, a production process of the developer, and an image forming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Iga, Kojiro Masuo, Kazuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20050048394
    Abstract: An electrophotographic developer comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of boron and phosphorus in a content of 0.1 to 100 ppm, which the developer is excellent in flowability and shelf stability, does not give image defects such as occurrence of white stripes and attains almost constant image quality even when the ambient conditions including temperature and humidity fluctuate. A production process of a polymerized toner used in the developer, a production process of the developer, and an image forming process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Iga, Kojiro Masuo, Kazuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: 6818371
    Abstract: An electrophotographic developer comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of boron and phosphorus in a content of 0.1 to 100 ppm, which the developer is excellent in flowability and shelf stability, does not give image defects such as occurrence of white stripes and attains almost constant image quality even when the ambient conditions including temperature and humidity fluctuate. A production process of a polymerized toner used in the developer, a production process of the developer, and an image forming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Iga, Kojiro Masuo, Kazuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: 6562535
    Abstract: A toner for development of electrostatic images, comprising at least a binder resin, a colorant and a charge control agent, wherein the charge control agent contains a positive charge control resin (A) composed of a polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000 and a functional group which brings positively charging ability, and a negative charge control resin (B) composed of a polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000 and a functional group which brings negatively charging ability. The toner is excellent in flowability, shelf stability and charge properties, and provides images excellent in image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kojiro Masuo, Shuichi Yokoyama, Takuji Kishimoto, Kazu Niwa
  • Publication number: 20030022086
    Abstract: An electrophotographic developer comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of boron and phosphorus in a content of 0.1 to 100 ppm, which the developer is excellent in flowability and shelf stability, does not give image defects such as occurrence of white stripes and attains almost constant image quality even when the ambient conditions including temperature and humidity fluctuate. A production process of a polymerized toner used in the developer, a production process of the developer, and an image forming process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Takashi Iga, Kojiro Masuo, Kazuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: 6365313
    Abstract: A toner for development of electrostatic images, obtained by subjecting a polymerizable monomer composition containing at least a colorant, a polymerizable monomer and a charge control agent to suspension polymerization in an aqueous medium containing a dispersing agent, wherein (a) the dispersing agent is a cationic inorganic dispersing agent; and (b) the charge control agent is a quaternary ammonium salt group-containing copolymer comprising a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon unit, a (meth)acrylate unit and a quaternary ammonium salt group-containing (meth)acrylate unit, having a weight average molecular weight of 25,000 to 40,000 in terms of polystyrene as measured by gel permeation chromatography using tetrahydrofuran and containing the quaternary ammonium salt group-containing (meth)acrylate unit in a proportion of 1 to 15 wt. %, and a production process thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kojiro Masuo, Takuji Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 6342328
    Abstract: A toner for development of electrostatic images, comprising at least a binder resin, a colorant and a charge control agent, wherein the charge control agent is a polar resin composed of a copolymer of a vinyl monomer and SO3X (X=H or alkali metal) group-containing (meth)acrylamide and having an SO3X group-containing (meth)acrylamide unit content of 0.1 to 10 wt. % and a weight average molecular weight of 17,000 to 25,000, and a production process of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Takasaki, Kazu Niwa, Kojiro Masuo, Kazuhiro Sato