
{"id":21,"date":"2010-08-05T19:02:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T19:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca\/bender\/"},"modified":"2015-11-29T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T16:09:11","slug":"patents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca\/bender\/publications\/patents\/","title":{"rendered":"Patents"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>\u201cAryloxy-phthalocyanines of group IV metals\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Lessard, B.H.; Abdelrahman, A.; Tevtia, A.; US <strong>9,040,710<\/strong>. May 26 2015. (Description: A novel composition of matter, the group 14 aryloxylated phthalocyanines and their use in organic photovoltaics.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAryloxy-phthalocyanines of group III metals\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Lessard, B.H.; Abdelrahman, A.; Tevtia, A.; US <strong>8,933,238<\/strong>. January 13 2015. (Description: A novel composition of matter, the group 13 aryloxylated phthalocyanines and their use in organic photovoltaics.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPhotoreceptor\u201d Bender, T.P.; Mayo, J.M.; US 8,211,603. July 3 2012. (Description: A photoreceptor utilizing carbon nanotubes as electronically active materials.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPolymer of naphthalene tetracarboxylic diimide dimers\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Graham, J.F.; Duff, J.M.; US <strong>8,202,674<\/strong>. June 19 2012. (Description: Polymeric version of electron transporting materials naphthalene diimides.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCrosslinked siloxane outmost layer having aromatic silicon-containing compounds for photoreceptors\u201d Qi, Y.; Hu, N-X.; Graham, J.F.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hor, A-M.; Gagnon, Y.; Hsiao, C-K.; US <strong>8,148,039<\/strong>. April 3 2012. (Description: An aromatic silicon crosslinking mechanism and composition for photoreceptors.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cChemical toner with covalently bonded release agent\u201d Vanbesien, D.W; Zwartz, E.G.; Vong, C.; McDougall, M.N.V.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Belelie, J.L.; Norsten, T.; US <strong>7,901,859<\/strong>. March 8, 2011. (Description: The use of long a-olefins within a chemical toner for improved release during the xerographic process.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cElectrophotographic photoreceptors having reduced torque and improved mechanical robustness\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hu, N.X.; Graham, J.F.; Gagnon, Y.; Hsiao, C.; Gardner, S.J.; De Jong, K.L.; Markovics, J.M.; US <strong>7,851,113<\/strong>. December 14, <strong>2010<\/strong>. (Description: The application of boron nitride as a nanoparticle additive to organic photoreceptors.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPolymers of napthalene tetracarboxylic diimide dimmers\u201d<strong> Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Graham, J.F.; Duff, J.M.; US <strong>7,820,780<\/strong>. October 26,<strong> 2010<\/strong>. (Description: electron transporting polymers for organic electronic applications.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSynthesis of aromatic silicon-containing compounds\u201d Coggan, J.A.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Toth, A.E.J.; US <strong>7,803,959<\/strong>. September 28, <strong>2010<\/strong>. (Description: a pilot plant scale method for making sol-gel processable arylamines containing reactive siloxane groups.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCrosslinked siloxane outmost layer having aromatic silicon-containing compounds for photoreceptors\u201d Qi, Y.; Hu, N.X.; Graham, J.F.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hor, A.M.; Gagnon, Y.; Hsiao, C.K.; US <strong>7,795,462<\/strong>. September 14, <strong>2010<\/strong>. (Description: a photoreceptive device whereby the outer most layer is a sol-gel based arylamine whereby the inert binder material is a derivative of a bisphenol.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSystem and method for producing arylamine compounds\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Moore, E.; Coggan, J.A.; Lee, F.P.H.; Borbely, D.; US <strong>7,767,856<\/strong>. August 3, <strong>2010<\/strong>. (Description: a microfluidic apparatus and process capable of producing arylamines in a continuous fashion.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImaging member having high charge carrier mobility\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; McGuire, G.; US <strong>7,767,371<\/strong>. August 3, <strong>2010<\/strong>. (Description: an arylamine hole-conducting polymer shown to have high charge carrier mobility exceeding standard materials.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAqueous gel ink compositions and method of printing same\u201d Bedford, C.E.; Breton, M.P.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,767,011<\/strong>. August 3, <strong>2010<\/strong>. (Description: an ink composition containing polystyrenesulfonate (sodium salt) made by controlled radical polymerization and a gel control agent.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPhotoreceptor including multi-block polymeric charge transport material at least partially embedded within a carbon nanotube material\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hu, N.X.; US <strong>7,740,997<\/strong>. June 22, <strong>2010<\/strong>. (Description: a method to form nanotube charge transporters using a triblock copolymers, selective solvents and UV curing.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFluidized bed reaction apparatus and methods for using the same\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Borbely; D.T.; Lee, F.P.H.; Hu, N.X.; US <strong>7,713,499<\/strong>. May 11, <strong>2010<\/strong>. (Description: a novel reactor system to conduct sol-gel chemistry on a pilot-plant scale using a solid state acid catalyst and continuous recirculation.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBranched polyarylene ethers and processes for the preparation thereof\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,648,811<\/strong>. January 19, <strong>2010<\/strong>. (Description: a chemical process to synthesize branched polymers based on an entropically driven process. Sole inventor).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPhotoreceptor\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,635,548<\/strong>. December 22, <strong>2009<\/strong>. (Description: a patent describing the use of carbon nanotubes as photoreceptor elements. Sole inventor).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPolymers of napthalene tetracarboxylic diimide dimers\u201c <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Graham, J.F.; Duff, J.M.; US <strong>7,544,450<\/strong>. June 9, <strong>2009<\/strong>. (Description: Patenting of the latest results regarding this class of materials. Part of the ongoing effort by Xerox to claim this entire class of materials originally investigated by J.Duff and I.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProcess for Arylamine Production\u201d Goodbrand, H.B.; Hu, N.X.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,541,483<\/strong>. June 2, <strong>2009<\/strong>. (Description: Process for making and isolating, on an industrial scale, a salt of an arylamine compound which contains a carboxylic acid functionality.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cElectrophotographic photoreceptors having reduced torque and improved mechanical robustness\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hu, N.X.; Zak, M.E.; US <strong>7,524,596<\/strong>. April 28, <strong>2009<\/strong>. (Description: the use of nanometer sized PTFE particles as additives to improve the mechanical robustness of an organic photoreceptive device.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSiloxane-acrylate interpenetrating networks and methods for producing the same\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Keoshkerian, B.; Graham, J.; Gagnon, Y.; Hsiao, C.K.; Hu, N.X.; US <strong>7,517,928<\/strong>. April 14, <strong>2009<\/strong>. (Description: A new method for engineering an interpenetrating network of a polymer \u2013 made via SFRP\/NMP \u2013 and a polysiloxne \u2013 made by a sol-gel process. The result was an extremely mechanically robust and long lasting hole-transporting layer.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPhotoconductive members\u201d Duff, J.M.<u>.<\/u>; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Graham, J.; Vong, C.; US <strong>7,514,192<\/strong>. April 7, <strong>2009<\/strong>. (Description: The synthesis and characterization of new electroactive light absorbing materials sensitive to 400 nm light \u2013 blue laser.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPositive charging photoreceptor\u201d Loutfy, R.O.; Popovic, Z.D.; Graham, J.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,491,989<\/strong>. February 17, <strong>2009<\/strong>. (Description: A new photoreceptor device which contains as its outermost layer an electron-transporting siloxane made by a sol-gel process.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPhotoconductive members\u201d Duff, J.M..<u>;<\/u> <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Graham, J.; Vong, C.; US <strong>7,473,785<\/strong>. January 6, <strong>2009<\/strong>. (Description: The synthesis and characterization of new electroactive light absorbing materials sensitive to 400 nm light \u2013 blue laser.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPolymers of napthalene tetracarboxylic diimide dimers\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Graham, J.; Duff, J.M..; US <strong>7,449,268<\/strong>. November 11, <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: Patenting of the latest results regarding this class of materials. Part of the ongong effort by Xerox to claim this entire class of materials originally investigated by J.Duff and I.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMethod of treating an electrophotographic-imaging member with a rare earth metal\u201d Graham, J.; Belknap, N.; Giza, K. M.; Ioannidis, A.; Zak, M.; Gardner, S.; Hu, N.X.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hor, A.M.; US <strong>7,435,518<\/strong>. October 14, <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: A method to fill defect areas in the native oxide of aluminum with europium oxide and other lanthanide oxides.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRapid cost effective method for the synthesis of TPD-type arylamines\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Coggan, J.A.; McGuire, G.; Murphy, L.D.; Toth, A.E.J.; US <strong>7,408,085<\/strong>. August 5, <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: the \u2018industrialization\u2019 of Buchwald-Hartwig N-C Pd catalyzed coupling chemistry: <u>Part 5<\/u>.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRapid, cost effective method for synthesis of diarylamine compounds\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Coggan, J.A.; US <strong>7,402,700<\/strong>. July 22, <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: the \u2018industrialization\u2019 of Buchwald-Hartwig N-C Pd catalyzed coupling chemistry:<u> Part 4<\/u>.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProcess for arylamine production\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Goodbrand, H.B.; Hu, N.X.; US <strong>7,402,699<\/strong>. July 22, <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: the \u2018industrialization\u2019 of Buchwald-Hartwig N-C Pd catalyzed coupling chemistry: <u>Part 3<\/u>.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBranched polyarylene ethers and processes for the preparation thereof\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,396,895<\/strong>. July 8, <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: A validated method for the preparation of branched and hyperbranched polyarylene ethers. This method involves the direct polymerization of an AA, BB and AAA monomers to produce soluble and processable materials.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSilicon-containing overcoat layers\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,390,599<\/strong>. June 24, <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: a refinement on the design of a hole-transporting crosslinked sol-gel layer with reduced to no residual Si-OH functionality)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPhotoconductive imaging members.\u201d Wu, J.; Lin, L.B.L.; Duff, J.M.<u>.<\/u>; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,354,685<\/strong>. April 8 <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: The use of polycyclicolefins as mechanically robust materials within a photoreceptive device.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAromatic disiloxane compositions.\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Graham, J.F.; Gagnon, Y.; Hsiao, C.K.; Hu, N.X.; Qi, Y.; US <strong>7,348,447<\/strong>. March 25, <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: the design and practical synthesis of a tetrasiloxane comonomer made via hydrosilylation of divinylbenzene that with copolymerized with a siloxane containing hole transporting molecule gave a film improved mechanical properties.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCost effective method for synthesis of triarylamine compounds from an aniline and an arylchloride.\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Coggan, J.A.; US <strong>7,345,203<\/strong>. March 18, <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: the \u2018industrialization\u2019 of Buchwald-Hartwig N-C Pd catalyzed coupling chemistry: <u>Part 2<\/u>.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCrosslinked siloxane composite overcoat for photoreceptors.\u201d Qi, Y.; Hu, N.X.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Gagnon, Y.; Graham, J.; Hsiao, C.K. Hor, A.H.; US <strong>7,338,739<\/strong>. March 4, <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: A method for the production and use of an electrically inert bissiloxane derived from bisphenols.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cArylamine Process.\u201d Coggan, J.A.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,332,630<\/strong>. February 19, <strong>2008<\/strong>. (Description: the \u2018industrialization\u2019 of Buchwald-Hartwig N-C Pd catalyzed coupling chemistry: Part 1.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImaging Members.\u201d Belknap, N.L.; Ioannidis, A.; Chen, C.C.; Zhang, L.; Duff, J.M.<u>.<\/u>; Graham, J.F.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,297,458<\/strong>. November 20, <strong>2007<\/strong>. (Descritpion: A derivative of US 6,586,148 and the continuing movement of this new concept from research phase into development.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPhotoconductors containing crosslinked polycarbonate polymers.\u201d Hu, N.X; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hor, A.H.; Goodbrand, H.B.; Gagnon, Y.; US <strong>7,297,456<\/strong>. November 20, <strong>2007<\/strong>. (Description: A new monomer which contains a protected\/masked hydroxyl group and is capable of being incorporated into polycarbonate resins by direct polymerization.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImaging Members.\u201d Main, A.M.; Lin, L.B.; Chambers, J.S.; <u>Duff, J.M..<\/u>; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,291,430<\/strong>. November 6, <strong>2007<\/strong>. (Description: A derivative of US 6,586,148 and the continuing movement of this new concept from research phase into development.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201c3-iodopropylmethyldiisopropoxysilane and imaging members including the same.\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hu, N.X.; US <strong>7,262,314<\/strong>. August 28 <strong>2007<\/strong>. (Description: a practical and time efficient synthesis of the title compound which is an essential intermediate towards the production of a siloxane containing hole-transporting molecule.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSilicon-containing layers for electrophotographic photoreceptors and methods for making the same\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hu, N.X.; Graham, J.F.; Gagnon, Y.; Coggan, J.A.; US <strong>7,238,456<\/strong>. July 3, <strong>2007<\/strong>. (Description: A hole-transporting crosslinked siloxane network capable of protecting an organic photoreceptive device from environmental degradation.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImaging members with crosslinked polycarbonate in charge transport layer.\u201d Hu, N.X.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hor, A.H.; Goodbrand, H.B.; Gagnon, Y.; Liebermann, G.; US <strong>7,229,732<\/strong>. June 12, <strong>2007<\/strong>. (Description: A new monomer which contains a protected\/masked hydroxyl group and is capable of being incorporated into polycarbonate resins by direct polymerization.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProcess for arylamine production\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Coggan, J.; US <strong>7,227,034<\/strong>. June 5, <strong>2007<\/strong>. (Description: an industrially practical method for the synthesis of a functionalized arylamine compounds capable of participating in sol-gel chemistry.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImaging members\u201d Ioannidis, A; Belknap, N.L. Chen, C.C.; Zhang, L.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Graham, J.F.; Hor, A.H.; <u>Duff, J.M..<\/u>; US <strong>7,223,507<\/strong>. May 29, <strong>2007<\/strong>. (A derivative of US 6,586,148 and the continuing movement of this new concept from research phase into development.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCross-coupling reactions.\u201d Coggan, J. A.; Hu, N. X; Goodbrand, H. B.; <strong>Bender, T. P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,214,644<\/strong>. May 8, <strong>2007<\/strong>. (Descripton: an industrially practical method for the use of an immobilized palladium catalyst which can also be recycled multiple times and used in a multi-batch process.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProcess for arylamine production.\u201d Goodbrand, H. B.; <strong>Bender, T. P.<\/strong>; Coggan, J. A.; Hu, N. X.; US <strong>7,196,214<\/strong>. March 27, <strong>2007<\/strong>. (Description: an industrially practical method for the synthesis of a functionalized arylamine molecule capable of further derivatization or polymerization.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPolycarbonates and photoconductive imaging members.\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Goodbrand, H.B.; US <strong>7,144,971<\/strong>. December 5, <strong>2006<\/strong>. (Description: A method for the synthesis of a polycarbonate capable of thermal curing having controlled molecular weight and molecular weight distribution.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProcess for preparing iodoaromatic compounds and using the same.\u201d Goodbrand, H.B.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Gaynor, R.E.; Murphy, L.; US <strong>7,138,555<\/strong>. November 21, <strong>2006<\/strong>. (Description: an industrially practical method for the preparation of an iodo-aromatic compound from a bromo-aromatic compound.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cArylamine Process.\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hu, N.X.; Goodbrand, H.B.; US <strong>7,122,700<\/strong>. October 17, <strong>2006<\/strong>. (Description: an industrially practical method for bisformylation of an arylamine compound.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cElectrophotoactive Imaging Members.\u201d Ioannidis, A; Fuller, T.J.; Belknap; N.L.; Silvestri, M.R.; Chen, C.C.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Graham, J.F.; <u>Duff, J.M..<\/u>; Dinh, K.T.T.; Yanus, J.F.; Markovics, J.M.; Zhang, L.; US <strong>7,115,345<\/strong>. October 3, <strong>2006<\/strong>. (Description: A patent protecting the composition, materials package and device configuration of a single-layer organic photoreceptive device. A derivative of US 6,586,148 and the start of the movement of this new concept from research phase into development.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPhotoconductive imaging members.\u201d <strong>Bender, T. P.<\/strong>; Graham, J. F.; Hor, A. M.; Junginger, J.; US <strong>7,070,894<\/strong>. July 4, <strong>2006<\/strong>. (Description: A method for the synthesis and use of branched polysiloxane copolymers by sol-gel processing and their use as an electrically conductive layer in an organic photoreceptor.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImaging Members\u201d <strong>Bender, T. P.<\/strong>; Graham, J. F.; Duff, J. M.; Ioannidis, A.; Belknap, N. L.; US <strong>7,070,892<\/strong>. July 4, <strong>2006<\/strong>. (Description: The design and use of a proprietary electron-transporting material and its use in a single layer photoreceptor design. A derivative of US 6,586,148 and the continuing movement of this new concept from research phase into development.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProcess for preparing branched polyarylene ethers\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,067,608<\/strong>. June 27, <strong>2006<\/strong>. (Description: A novel method for the production of branched and hyperbranch poly(arylene ether)s by depolymerization of a liner polymer via an entropically driven reaction with a salt of a polyphenolic compound.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNaphthalene tetracarboxylic diimide dimmers\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Grahm, J.F.; <u>Duff, J.M..<\/u>; US <strong>7,011,916<\/strong>. March 14, <strong>2006<\/strong>. (Description: A divisional patent protecting specific compositions of naphthalene tetracarboxylic diimide dimmers as electron-transporting materials found to be of particular usefulness).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cUnsaturated ester substituted polymers with reduced halogen content\u201d Devissor, C.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>7,001,978<\/strong>. February 21, <strong>2006<\/strong>. (Description: A method for chemical removal of residual and undesirable chloromethyl groups from poly(aryl ether) photoresist materials.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBlue diode laser sensitive photoreceptor\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Graham, J.F.; US <strong>6,969,573<\/strong>. November 29, <strong>2005<\/strong>. (Description: A patent protecting the composition of a particular class of triarylamines found to have comparable performance and equivalent xerographic properties to the more common benzidine based arylamine compound TPD while being transparent at 400 nm.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImaging members\u201d Lin, L.B.; Nealey, R.H.; Hor, A.M.; <u>Duff, J.M..<\/u>; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Melnyk, A.R.; Ioannidis, A.; Hammond, H.F.; Ferrarese, L.L.; Chen, C.C.; Markovics, J.M.; Dinh, K.T.T.; US <strong>6,946,227<\/strong>. September 20, <strong>2005<\/strong>. (Description: A patent protecting the composition, materials package and device configuration of a single-layer organic photoreceptive device.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProcess for preparing substituted polyarylene ethers\u201d. Bender; T.P.; US <strong>6,927,273<\/strong>. August 9, <strong>2005<\/strong>. (Description: A new method for the introduction of halo-methyl groups into poly(arylene ether)s. This method is of particular practical usefulness due to the use of bisphenol-C\/<em>N<\/em>-halosuccimides in place of other chloromethylating methods. The polymers produced via this method are precursors to photoresist materials.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPhotoconductive Imaging Members\u201d Belknap, N.L.; Chen, C.C.; Zhang, L.; IoannidisA.; <u>Duff, J.M..<\/u>; Graham, J.F.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>6,858,363<\/strong>. February 22, <strong>2005<\/strong>. (Description: A derivative of US 6,586,148 and the start of the movement of this new concept from research phase into development.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNaphthalene tetracarboxylic diimide dimers\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Graham, J.F.; <u>Duff, J.M..<\/u>; US <strong>6,794,102<\/strong>, September 21, <strong>2004<\/strong>. (Description: A novel class of compounds comprising two chemically link naphthalene tetracarboxylic diimide units. This broad umbrella patent claims and protects the entire class of compounds\/composition of matter.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImaging Members\u201d Lin, L.B.L; Chen, C.C.; <u>Duff, J.M..<\/u>; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Hammond, H.F.; Markovics, J.M.; Ferrarese, L.L.; Chambers, J.S.; Main, A.M.; US <strong>6,756,169<\/strong>. June 29, <strong>2004<\/strong>. (Description: A patent protecting the composition, materials package and device configuration of a single-layer organic photoreceptive device.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProcess for preparing polyarylene ethers\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; DeVisser, C.J.; Burt, R.A.; Smith, P.F.; Saban, M.D.; US <strong>6,716,956<\/strong>. April 6, <strong>2004<\/strong>. (Description: a process by which polyarylene ethers can be made at low molecular weight but with narrow polydispersity and at an accelerated rate at a pilot plant scale. This process was a key enabler for a new photoresist material made from this base material.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPhotoconductive Members\u201d <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; <u>Duff, J.M..<\/u>; Vong, C.; Hamer, G.; US <strong>6,656,651<\/strong>. December 2, <strong>2003<\/strong>. (Description: A novel class of compounds comprising chemically link naphthalene and perylene units. This broad umbrella patent claims and protects the entire class of compounds\/composition of matter.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImaging Members\u201d Lin, L.B.L.; Cherniack, H.R.; Chambers, J.S.; Main, A.M.; Yuh, H.J.; Chen, C.C.; Duff, J.M.<u>.<\/u>; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; US <strong>6,656,650<\/strong>. December 2, <strong>2003<\/strong>. (Description: A patent protecting the composition, materials package and device configuration of a single-layer organic photoreceptive device.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImaging Members\u201d Graham, J.F.; <strong>Bender, T.P.<\/strong>; Bin, L.B.L.; Ioannidis, A.; US <strong>6,586,148<\/strong>. July 1, <strong>2003<\/strong>. (Description: a broad patent claiming and protecting the structure of the bilayer photoreceptive device. This patent served as the basis for a major development effort by a large number of people leading to pilot scale proof of concept.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAryloxy-phthalocyanines of group IV metals\u201d Bender, T.P.; Lessard, B.H.; Abdelrahman, A.; Tevtia, A.; US 9,040,710. May 26 2015. (Description: A novel composition of matter, the group 14 aryloxylated phthalocyanines and their use in organic photovoltaics.) \u201cAryloxy-phthalocyanines of group III metals\u201d Bender, T.P.; Lessard, B.H.; Abdelrahman, A.; Tevtia, A.; US 8,933,238. January 13 2015. 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