Patent ID: 8043775

Claim:
An electrophotographic photosensitive body having a photosensitive layer on a conductive base, at least an outermost layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive body containing particles each having a double structure composed of a core member and a shell member, the shell member having a larger rubber hardness than that of the core member, wherein the particles each having a double structure comprise particles each obtained by coating a rubber spherical particle having a rubber hardness of Shore A50 or less with a resin having a rubber hardness of more than Shore A50, the rubber spherical particle being made of a silicone rubber, and the resin comprising a silicone resin, or microcapsules having a rubber hardness more than Shore A50 each including a fluid, and the fluid comprises a mineral oil, and the shell member of each of the microcapsules comprises a melamine-formaldehyde resin.