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| 20080199627 | CATALYTIC TREATMENT METHOD, ELECTROLESS PLATING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR FORMING CIRCUIT USING ELECTROLESS PLATING - A catalyst layer which enables an electroless plating method to be carried out can be formed by an inexpensive and simple process without using palladium. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20100202731 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical waveguide includes a cladding film and a core formed integrally with the cladding film. The core includes a light guide portion formed on one surface of the cladding film, a light input portion, and a light output portion, the light input portion and the light output portion being formed in through-holes formed in the cladding film. A mirror surface is respectively formed at a connecting portion between the light guide portion and the light input portion and a connecting portion between the light guide portion and the light output portion. In manufacturing the optical waveguide, the cladding film is brought into close contact with a surface of a mold, the surface having a recessed groove thereon, and a UV-curable resin is injected under pressure through one of the through-holes opened in the cladding film into the recessed groove. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20120001520 | ACTUATOR DEVICE AND INPUT APPARATUS - An actuator device includes an actuator having one end as a fixed end and the other end as a free end, and bendable when a voltage is applied; and a base member having a fixed section that fixes the fixed end of the actuator. A projecting section is provided at the base member. In a state where the actuator is bent, when a force is applied and the free end is deformed toward a direction that is reverse to the bending direction, the actuator contacts the projecting section. The projecting section is a fulcrum of the displacement and a generating load is capable of being large by the principle of material mechanics without losing the displacement amount. | 01-05-2012 |
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| 20090258922 | COMPOUND EXHIBITING PGD2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST - A compound having CRTH2 receptor antagonism, represented by the following formula (I). The compound is useful for the treatment of allergic diseases having a relation to eosinophils and the like. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20110172217 | RING-FUSED MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE HAVING PI3K-INHIBITING ACTIVITY - The present invention provides compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which inhibit the activity of PI3K to regulate many biological processes including the growth, differentiation, survival, proliferation, migration, metabolism, and the like of cells and are therefore useful for the prophylaxis/therapy of diseases including inflammatory diseases, arteriosclerosis, vascular/circulatory diseases, cancer/tumors, immune system diseases, cell proliferative diseases, infectious diseases, and the like. The above problem was solved by providing a ring-fused morpholine compound shown in the present specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120208813 | 3-CARBAMOYL-2-PYRIDONE DERIVATIVES - The present invention provides compounds having an agonistic activity to the cannabinoid receptor, which is represented by the formula (I): | 08-16-2012 |
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| 20100183330 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE - Provided is an image-forming apparatus and a cartridge that are low in occurrence of smears in white areas, residual images, scattering, lines, thin spots, and dead dots, which are caused by particle size distribution of a toner and mismatching of a toner and a photoreceptor, exhibit satisfactory image quality, thin-line reproducibility, and cleaning properties, and can form high-resolution images without smears after long-time operation and selective development even in a high speed printing. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100183332 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTORS, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer formed thereon, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a polyarylate resin having a repeating structure represented by the following formula [1] and a compound represented by the following formula [6]. This electrophotographic photoreceptor has excellent wearing resistance under load in the practical use of the photoreceptor and has high mechanical strength and extremely satisfactory electrical characteristcis. [1] [6] | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100330474 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - Subjects for the invention are: to provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor which has excellent electrical characteristics and which, even when repeatedly used over long, can stably form high-quality satisfactory images having high resolution; and to provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor cartridge and an image-forming apparatus each employing the electrophotographic photoreceptor. The invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor for use in an image-forming apparatus comprising a charging unit which charges an electrophotographic photoreceptor, an exposure unit which exposes the charged electrophotographic photoreceptor to light to form an electrostatic latent image on the electrophotographic photoreceptor, and a developing unit which develops the electrostatic latent image, wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer and the photosensitive layer contains a compound represented by the following formula (1). The photoreceptor is further characterized in that the exposure unit has an LED, or that the electrostatic latent image has a resolution of 1,200 dpi or higher, or that the electrostatic latent image is developed with a toner and the toner has an average degree of circularity as determined with a flow type particle image analyzer of 0.94-1.00, or that the image-forming apparatus is of the full-color tandem type. The invention further provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor cartridge and an image-forming apparatus each employing the electrophotographic photoreceptor. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110038650 | TONERS FOR ELECTROSTATIC-IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, CARTRIDGE EMPLOYING TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC-IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An object of the invention is to provide a toner which is effective in improving image quality while inhibiting white-background fouling, residual-image phenomenon (ghost), blurring (suitability for solid printing), and the like that occur depending on the proportion of a fine powder having a particle diameter not larger than a specific value, and which has satisfactory removability in cleaning, mitigates problems concerning fouling, etc. in long-term use even on a high-speed printer, and attains excellent image stability. Another object is to provide an image-forming apparatus and a toner cartridge each employing the toner. The invention provides a toner for electrostatic-image development satisfying all of the following (1) to (4) or a toner for electrostatic-image development which is a toner containing a charge control agent and satisfying all of the following (5) to (7). The invention further provides an image-forming apparatus and a toner cartridge each employing the toner. | 02-17-2011 |
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| 20100316411 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a photosensitive layer on an electroconductive substrate, and a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, wherein the photosensitive layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a phthalocyanine obtained via an acid paste step; the toner for developing an electrostatic charge image is a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image containing toner matrix particles formed in an aqueous medium; the toner has a volume median diameter (Dv50) of from 4.0 μm to 7.0 μm; and the relationship between the volume median diameter (Dv50) and the percentage in number (Dns) of toner particles having a particle diameter of from 2.00 μm to 3.56 μm satisfies the following formula (1): | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100316412 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a photosensitive layer on an electroconductive substrate, and a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, wherein the photosensitive layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a phthalocyanine obtained via an acid paste step; the toner for developing an electrostatic charge image is a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image containing toner matrix particles formed in an aqueous medium; the toner has a volume median diameter (Dv50) of from 4.0 μm to 7.0 μm; and the relationship between the volume median diameter (Dv50) and the percentage in number (Dns) of toner particles having a particle diameter of from 2.00 μm to 3.56 μm satisfies the following formula (1): | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110033792 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a high sensitivity, a good balance of various electric properties such as chargeability and residual potential, a good stability of the coating solution, and an excellent light resistance. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20120039630 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus containing an electrophotographic photoreceptor and a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, where the electrophotographic photoreceptor has an electroconductive substrate with a surface roughness Ra of from 0.01 μm to 0.3 μm; the toner for developing an electrostatic charge image is a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image containing toner matrix particles formed in an aqueous medium; the toner has a volume median diameter (Dv50) of from 4.0 μm to 7.0 μm; and the relationship between the volume median diameter (Dv50) and the percentage in number (Dns) of toner particles having a particle diameter of from 2.00 μm to 3.56 μm satisfies formula (1): | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120045246 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus containing an electrophotographic photoreceptor and a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, where the electrophotographic photoreceptor has an undercoat layer containing metal oxide particles; the toner for developing an electrostatic charge image is a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image containing toner matrix particles formed in an aqueous medium; the toner has a volume median diameter (Dv50) of from 4.0 μm to 7.0 μm; and the relationship between the volume median diameter (Dv50) and the percentage in number (Dns) of toner particles having a particle diameter of from 2.00 μm to 3.56 μm satisfies the following formula (1): | 02-23-2012 |