US 7,491,780 B2
Polymerizable compound, polymer compound and block polymer compound, and composition, image-forming method and image-forming apparatus using the same
Koichi Sato, Kanagawa (Japan); Ikuo Nakazawa, Kanagawa (Japan); Sakae Suda, Kanagawa (Japan); Masayuki Ikegami, Kanagawa (Japan); and Keiichiro Tsubaki, Kanagawa (Japan)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/205,177.
Application 11/205177 is a division of application No. 10/422537, filed on Apr. 24, 2003, granted, now 7,157,539.
Claims priority of application No. 2002/126159 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2002; application No. 2002/195117 (JP), filed on Jul. 03, 2002; application No. 2002/289167 (JP), filed on Oct. 01, 2002; and application No. 2003/100164 (JP), filed on Apr. 03, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0277728 A1, Dec. 15, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C08F 212/00 (2006.01); C08F 216/12 (2006.01); C08K 3/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 526—334  [526/320; 526/326; 524/505; 524/612; 524/556; 523/160; 523/161] 9 Claims
 
1. A composition comprising a polymer compound and a medium being a solvent or a binder resin, the polymer compound comprising a monomer unit represented by the general formula (1):

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein A is a straight-chain or branched alkylene group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms with or without substitution; m is an integer of 0 to 30, and when m is 2 or more, A is the same or different from each other; B is a single bond or an alkylene with or without substitution; D is an aromatic ring structure; n is an integer of 1 to 10, and when n is 2 or more, D is the same or different from each other; and R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group with or without substitution, or an aromatic ring structure with or without substitution; or a monomer unit represented by the general formula (2):

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein A is a straight-chain or branched alkylene group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms with or without substitution; m is an integer of 0 to 30, and when m is 2 or more, A is the same or different from each other; B is a single bond or alkylene with or without substitution; D is an aromatic ring structure; n is an integer of 1 to 10, and when n is 2 or more, D is the same or different from each other; and M is a mono- or poly-valent metal cation.