Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Hoffend

Thomas A. Hoffend 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: 4049447
    Abstract: A finely divided particulate toner composition is provided comprising a colorant and an amorphous, low-melting aromatic polyester wherein the polyester contains within the polymer chain at least about 30 mole percent of at least one divalent radical selected from the group consisting of:A. an asymmetrical arylene radical represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein [Ar] is a divalent arylene radical containing from 6 to about 18 carbon atoms, R is selected from the group of radicals consisting of hydrogen, alkyl containing from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, halo, sulfo and alkali metal salts thereof, nitro, cyano, lower alkoxy, amino, thio lower alkoxy and --N(R').sub.p wherein each R' can be independently hydrogen or lower alkyl and p is an integer of 2 or 3, each m is independently a number from 0 to 1 and n is a number from 0 to 3, andB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jack C. Azar, Thomas A. Hoffend, Burton B. Jacknow