Patent 7247413 was granted and assigned to Konica Minolta on July, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An electrostatic latent-image developing toner comprising:a core particle and a shell layer formed on an outer portion thereof,wherein the shell layer comprises a crystalline polyester resin having a softening point from 60 to 120° C. at 70 to 100% by weight of the entire shell-layer constituent resin, and an image-forming method using the toner.