Patent ID: 9448496
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising: a conductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer located either directly or indirectly on the conductive substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer contains at least a charge generating material, a charge transport material, and a binder resin, the photosensitive layer includes a charge generating layer and a charge transport layer located on the charge generating layer, the charge transport layer contains a pigment that is absorptive with respect to a wavelength of exposed light, and the pigment is a metal phthalocyanine pigment represented by General Formula (I) or a metal-free phthalocyanine pigment represented by General Formula (II), where, in the General Formulae (I) and (II), X represents a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom, R