| US 7,531,280 B2 | ||
| Toner for developing a latent image and an image forming method employing the same | ||
| Yasuko Yamauchi, Tokyo (Japan); Hiroshi Yamazaki, Tokyo (Japan); Masafumi Uchida, Aichi (Japan); and Kenji Yamane, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 07, 2008, as Appl. No. 11/970,444. | ||
| Application 11/970444 is a continuation of application No. 10/924095, filed on Aug. 23, 2004, granted, now 7,316,880. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-301141 (JP), filed on Aug. 26, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0176161 A1, Jul. 24, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 9/00 (2006.01); G03G 13/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 430—108.7 [430/124.3; 430/110.1] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image comprising a resin, a colorant, and a particle having domain-matrix
structure having two or more kinds of metal elements;
wherein the particle contains the component represented by the following Formula 1:
Si(1−X)MXO(2−2X+aX/2), Formula 1
wherein X is from 0.01 to 0.5, M is a mono- through tetra-valent metal element and a is valent number of the metal element
represented by M.
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