Patent 7855039 was granted and assigned to Xerox on December, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A photoconductor that includes, for example, a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer comprised of at least one charge transport component, and an overcoat, and where the overcoat contains at least one of ketal. In embodiments the overcoat layer may include α-hydroxyketone, α-diketone, or mixtures thereof.