	US 11,866,562 B2
	Nanoparticle-coated elastomeric particulates and methods for production and use thereof
Cristina Resetco, Toronto (CA); Shivanthi Easwari Sriskandha, Mississauga (CA); Edward G. Zwartz, Mississauga (CA); Michael S. Hawkins, Cambridge (CA); and Valerie M. Farrugia, Oakville (CA)
Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/946,626.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,511, filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0070953 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. C08J 7/04 (2020.01); C08J 3/22 (2006.01); C08J 5/00 (2006.01)

CPC C08J 7/04 (2013.01) [C08J 3/226 (2013.01); C08J 5/005 (2013.01); C08J 2375/04 (2013.01); C08J 2483/04 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A composition comprising:

a plurality of elastomeric particulates comprising a polyurethane polymer and a plurality of nanoparticles, the polyurethane polymer being an elastomeric polyurethane and defining a core and an outer surface of the elastomeric particulates and the plurality of nanoparticles being associated with the outer surface;

wherein the elastomeric particulates have a D50 ranging from about 1 μm to about 1,000 μm.