Patent 7662525 was granted and assigned to Xerox on February, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A photoconductor that contains a first layer, a supporting substrate thereover, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer comprised of at least one charge transport component, and wherein the first layer is in contact with the supporting substrate on the reverse side thereof, and which first layer includes a polymer and needle shaped particles with an aspect ratio of from 2 to about 200.