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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177897 | Phase change inks containing graphene-based carbon allotrope colorants A phase change ink including (a) a phase change ink carrier and (b) a colorant comprising a carbon allotrope. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8142557 | Radiation curable ink containing gellant and radiation curable wax Radiation curable phase change ink comprising an ink vehicle that includes at least one curable carrier, at least one gellant, at least one curable wax and at least one photoinitiator. In a method of forming an image with the ink, the radiation curable phase change ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8088206 | Inkjet printing using solvent-based ink compositions There is provided a transparent, single-phase, radiation-curable ink composition for inkjet printing white, opaque features on porous and non-porous substrates, which are excellent in color reproducibility, hiding power, and adhesiveness to the substrate, for partic... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8080097 | System and a method for the creation of edible, optically invisible images A method for labeling a UV-fluorescing substrate includes positioning a UV-fluorescing substrate adjacent to an inkjet material dispenser, and selectively jetting an edible, invisible, non-UV fluorescing ink onto the UV-fluorescing substrate with the inkjet material... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8043423 | Pigment dispersion liquid, ink jet recording ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge and ink jet recording apparatus A pigment dispersion liquid capable of stably recording images having high fastness and excellent quality for a long term in any cases has been provided. A pigment dispersion liquid mainly containing a polymer dispersant, a pigment and water, wherein the polymer dis... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029609 | Ejection liquid, ejection device, ejection cartridge, and method of making droplets from liquid An ejection liquid which can be ejected stably by an inkjet method using thermal energy even in the case of containing at least one of proteins and peptides, and a method and device of discharging a liquid containing at least one of proteins and peptides, which use ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8002884 | Ink-jet printing process and ink The invention relates to a process of ink jet printing a radiation-curable ink from a printer having a de-wetting faceplate onto a substrate in which the ink is such that it has an advancing contact angle on the substrate of no more than 22° and a receding contact ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7887626 | Water-based dispersions of highly-branched polymers The present invention provides aqueous dispersions of highly-branched polymers for coating applications and methods for making the polymers. The polymers may have high molecular weights and desirably take the form of microgels. The polymers and dispersions may be fo... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7854796 | Liquid composition, ink set, and ink tank for ink jet recording, ink jet recording method, and ink jet recording apparatus The invention provides a liquid composition for ink jet recording. The liquid composition contains an organic acid having a neutralization degree of 40 to 100%, a water-soluble organic solvent, water, and two or more kinds of positive ions including lithium ions. Th... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7833334 | Ink composition for continuous deviated jet printing Ink composition for continuous deviated jet printing, which is liquid at ambient temperature, comprising: a)—a solvent, representing at least 10% of the total weight of the ink composition; b)—at least one comp... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7833333 | Low migration, low odor offset inks or varnishes An offset printing ink or varnish uses as a solvent at least one water-insoluble ester of a polycarboxylic acid with an alcohol having at least 4 carbon atoms. ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7811367 | Drying enhancement additive and method of using same A drying agent particularly suited for facilitating the drying of inks and paints includes a cobalt drier that is more than six percent cobalt by weight, and no more than fourteen percent cobalt by weight. In particular, the cobalt drier is twelve percent cobalt by ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7699918 | Reactive ink components and methods for forming images using reactive inks A reactive ink set including three mixtures of radically polymerizable monomers. A first mixture includes a peroxide, a second mixture includes a peroxide decomposition agent, and an optional third mixture that does not include a peroxide or a peroxide decomposition... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7615110 | Photoinitiators for use in intaglio printing inks An intaglio printing ink, curing by free radical acrylate chemistry, which does not fluoresce in at least the visible region under ultraviolet light is prepared by using an acylphosphine oxide as the photoinitiator. ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7556679 | Processes for preparing phase change inks The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to processes for making phase change or solid ink used in ink jet system recording apparatuses (e.g., printer, copying machine, facsimile, word processor, plotter, and the like). More particularly, the embodiments per... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7481874 | Fast drying coating The invention relates to compositions, methods of making the compositions, and methods of using the compositions for coating applications. The coatings are suitable as inks, varnishes, paints, and the like. In one aspect the coatings are fast drying, relative to exi... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7465342 | Method of minimizing absorption of visible light in ink compositions comprising infrared metal-dithiolene dyes A method of minimizing absorption of visible light in an ink composition. The ink composition includes an IR-absorbing metal-dithiolene dye. The method includes preselecting the dye such that it includes a moiety for reducing intermolecular interactions between adja... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7441976 | Water-based ink composition for ballpoint pen and ballpoint pen comprising the same A water-based ink composition for ballpoint pen, which comprises at least a colorant, water, a shear-thinning tackifier and a thickening inhibitor, wherein a ratio (x) of a viscosity after evaporation of 40 wt % of water from the total ink amount to an initial ink v... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438406 | Inkjet printing method and image forming apparatus The present invention relates to an inkjet printing method including forming an image by ejecting an ink comprising at least a colorant and a solvent to a surface of a recording body, and dispersing a resin powder to the surface of the recording body, wherein the re... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438404 | Ink-jet recording ink and image-forming method The present invention provides an ink-jet recording ink which includes colored fine particles including an oil-soluble dye and an oil-soluble polymer or a photopolymerizable monomer, and a compound represented by formula (I): | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431759 | High elongation vacuum formable digital ink The present invention includes a curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates and three dimensional objects comprising an ink composition comprising a pigment, an oligomeric component, a diluent, additives and a mono-functional monomer havi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427317 | High elongation vacuum formable digital ink The present invention includes a curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates and three dimensional objects comprising an ink composition comprising a pigment, an acrylic polymer or copolymer having an acid number below about 20 component, ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427130 | Image forming process and image forming apparatus and ink set therefor An image is formed by applying a recording composition having a colorant and a treating composition including a component that reacts with colorant droplets so that the compositions contact and mix with each other on a recording medium; and adjusting the pH of the m... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425592 | Water-based ink for ink jetting and ink jet recording method A water-based ink for ink jetting and ink jet recording method, in which stable jetting, clearness of the recorded matter, high density recording, water resistance, and friction resistance are well-balanced, and being useful for ink for various types of ink jet reco... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422649 | Method for recording information in luminescent compositions and uses thereof in articles of manufacture Described herein are a method for recording luminescent compositions, comprising a) providing a luminescent composition which comprises at least a first and second luminescent compound, wherein the first luminescent compound is a donor compound having a peak lumines... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417074 | Ink for ink jet and ink jet recording apparatus There is disclosed an ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V2... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417079 | Use of styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer to control black-to-color bleed The use of a styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer in self-dispersed black pigment inks provides a means of achieving black-to-color bleed control against color. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7408003 | Pigmented polymer composition A pigmented polymer composition containing colorant particles and polymer particles having phosphorus acid groups is provided. The polymer particles are prepared from the low pH polymerization of phosphorus acid monomer, or alternatively, are substantially free of w... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407536 | Ink composition An ink composition containing an organic solvent and a pigment, which has a little amount of smell, excellent safety and health properties, excellent resin solubility, excellent printing stability and excellent drying properties, causes no corrosion to a printer, an... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405245 | Ink composition for ink jet printer To provide an aqueous ink composition which, without impairing ejection stability, is excellent in light-fastness and water-fastness, does not cause cohesion differential, gloss differential, bronzing phenomenon, color-bleeding, and the like, and has improved fixing... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404632 | Ink-jet recording ink and image forming method The present invention relates to an ink-jet recording ink, containing a pigment and a compound represented by the General formula (I): R—XYnH General formula (I) wherein R represents a hydrophobic group,... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402614 | Pigmented ink composition Re-dispersible pigmented printing ink compositions, preferably for the continuous ink jet printing process are obtained by the addition of a flocculating agent to the pigment dispersion in the printing liquid. The compositions do not form hard sediments and are easy... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7393093 | Process for ink jet printing An ink-jet printing process containing the steps (a) and (b) in any order or simultaneously: (a) applying an ink by means of an ink printer to a localised region of substrate to form an image on the substrate; and (b) applying a fixing composition containing a liqui... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393396 | Process for producing homogeneous and storage-stable pastes, inks and paints using ionic liquids as dispersing additives The invention provides a process for producing homogeneous and storage-stable pastes, inks, paints, coverings, coatings and coating materials which comprises using ionic liquids as dispersing additives. ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390840 | Active ray curable composition, active ray curable ink, image forming method and inkjet recording apparatus utilizing the same An active ray curable composition, including an epoxy compound which is represented by Formula (A) and an oxetane compound, The active ray curable compound exhibiting a viscosity of 1 to 500 mPa·s at 25° C.: ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390138 | Ballpoint pen A ballpoint pen including: an ink accommodation cylinder; a ballpoint pen tip in which a ball is rotatably held, the pen tip being attached to a tip end of an ink-accommodation cylinder directly or through a tip holder; and ballpoint oil-based ink comprising at leas... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381753 | Inkjet ink composition An inkjet ink composition having a binder including an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles, the polymer including, as polymerized units, (a) from 0 to 1 wt. % monoethylenically unsaturated acid monomer, based on polymer weight; and (b) monomer of the formula | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378480 | Polymerizable compound, polymer compound, composition using such compound, and image forming method and apparatus Polymeric compounds suitable for ink and toner compositions, and image forming methods and apparatus using an ink or toner composition containing such a polymer compound, and particularly to a polymer compound having a repeating unit structure represented by the gen... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377631 | Aqueous ink, set of reaction liquid and aqueous ink, and image forming method An aqueous ink, by which stable ink-jet recording can be conducted irrespective of printing environment, a substantially even image having abrasion resistance can be formed, no image soiling is caused even upon double-side printing, and a high-quality image improved... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370953 | Inkjet recording ink An inkjet recording ink includes at least one yellow-azo dye having specific properties or a specific structure dissolved and/or dispersed in an aqueous medium and containing a water-miscible organic solvent having a specific solubility with respect to dye. ... | 05/13/2008 |
