US 12,378,360 B2
Polyamide particles and methods of production and uses thereof
Valerie M. Farrugia, Oakville (CA); Yulin Wang, Oakville (CA); Chu Yin Huang, Mississauga (CA); and Carolyn Patricia Moorlag, Mississauga (CA)
Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/517,991.
Application 18/517,991 is a continuation of application No. 16/946,623, filed on Jun. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,866,552.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,522, filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092972 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. C08G 69/46 (2006.01); B29B 9/16 (2006.01); C08J 3/215 (2006.01); C08L 77/00 (2006.01)
CPC C08G 69/46 (2013.01) [B29B 9/16 (2013.01); C08J 3/215 (2013.01); C08L 77/00 (2013.01); B29B 2009/163 (2013.01); C08J 2377/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A composition comprising:
particles having an outer surface and a circularity of 0.90 or greater, and comprising:
a polyamide, and
silica nanoparticles associated with the outer surface of the particles;
wherein the silica nanoparticles are hydrophobically modified.