MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202544079230 A) filed by Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. on August 21, 2025, for Electrophotographic Photoreceptor, Process Cartridge, And Image Forming Apparatus.
Inventors include Sasaki Tomoya; Iwasaki Masahiro; Oyamada Yuki; and Narita Kosuke.
The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.
Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; an undercoat layer that is disposed on the conductive substrate and contains a binder resin and an electron transport material represented by a general formula (P) below; and a photosensitive layer that is disposed on the undercoat layer and contains at least one resin of a polyarylate resin containing a dicarboxylic unit represented by a formula (A) below and a diol unit represented by a formula (B) below and a polycarbonate resin containing a biphenyl-containing constitutional unit represented by a formula (BP) below in an amount of more than 15 mol% relative to all constitutional units, General formula (P) in which in the general formula (P), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or a halogen atom, Formula (A) Formula (B) in the formula (A), ArA1 and ArA2 are each independently an aromatic ring that may have a substituent, LA is a single bond or a divalent linking group, nA1 is 0, 1, or 2, in the formula (B), ArB1 and ArB2 are each independently an aromatic ring that may have a substituent, LB is a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or -C(Rb1)(Rb2)-, nB1 is 0, 1, or 2, Rb1 and Rb2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, Rb1 and Rb2 may be bonded together to form a cyclic alkyl group, Formula (BP) in the formula (BP), j is an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less, j R1's are each independently a methyl group or an ethyl group, k is an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less, and k R2's are each independently a methyl group or an ethyl group. FIGURE. 1
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