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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7361698 | Water-based pigment inks, image recording method, and image recording system A water-based pigment ink contains a pigment, a hydrophilic dispersant, an aqueous medium, an alkali agent for solubilizing the hydrophilic dispersant in the aqueous medium, and a hydrophilic compound having at least one structural unit of “hydrophobic molecular c... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7291209 | Ink for silk-screen printing and corresponding printing technique The present invention relates to inks for silk-screen printing technique, as well as the corresponding printing technique, designed to bestow upon the reproduction obtained by means of the use of said inks on an appropriate substrate, preferably of a paper type, a p... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7166153 | Printing process with edible inks An edible ink with a viscosity of about 2000 to 16000 cp at 25° C. Certain embodiments relate to applying the edible ink to a substrate using a lithographic printing process. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150784 | Pigment-containing gel mass vased on lipids A pigment-bearing gel material based on lipids and color pencils containing same, which is characterized in that it has a combination of oil-soluble alkylcellulose whose alkyl residues can be straight-chain or branched and preferably have have between 1 and 10 carbo... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7081158 | Ink composition for continuous deflected jet printing, especially on letters and postal articles An ink composition for continuous deflected jet printing that is liquid at room temperature and that contains: a binder; one or more dyes and/or pigments; and a solvent; wherein the said ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7029525 | Optically variable water-based inks Optically variable water-based inks, methods of providing security information, and documents are provided. The optically variable water-based inks are suitable for flexographic printing processes, and the optically variable water-based inks display a viewing angle ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6926765 | Pseudoplastic water based ink for ball point pen A pseudoplastic water based ink for a ball-point pen comprising at least a colorant, water and an associative type viscosity control system, whereby the viscosity of the ink is comprised in a range from 20 to 40 mPa.s, when it is subjected to a shear rate of 1000 s | 08/09/2005 |
| 6869470 | Ink set for ink jet recording and ink jet recording process The invention relates to an ink set for ink jet recording comprising at least one “self-dispersion type pigment ink containing water and a pigment dispersible in water without a dispersing agent” and at least one “light-color resin-containing pigment ink conta... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6866707 | Ink set for ink jet recording and ink jet recording process The invention relates to an ink set for ink jet recording comprising at least one “resin-containing pigment ink containing water and a pigment made dispersible in water with a resin” and at least one “self-dispersion type pigment ink containing water and a pig... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6838513 | Ink for golf ball A golf ball 1 has a core 2, a cover 3, a mark layer 4, and a finishing coat layer 5. An ink used for the mark layer 4 includes an isocyanate curing agent that contains a diisocyanate trimer, a base material, and a colorant. ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6825272 | Golf ball A golf ball which is excellent in durability, sufficient to be used in a golf practice range, wherein the golf ball includes a core, a cover covering the core, and a mark printed on the surface of the cover, wherein: the cover is formed from a mixture of an ionomer ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6793727 | Pigment composition and ink composition using the same A pigment composition which shows excellent flowability and stability with time, when used for an ink, and whose printed matter shows an excellent gloss, clearness, color strength and migrationfastness, and an ink composition, which pigment composition is for... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6770688 | Water-based ballpoint ink composition A water based ink composition for a ballpoint pen which is comprises an alkali-swelling associative thickener comprising a polymer having a carboxyl group and a hydrophobic group, a pigment, a polar solvent containing water, a pH controlling agent and other additive... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6726756 | Continuous ink jet printing ink composition The present invention provides an ink jet ink composition suitable for use in continuous ink jet printing comprising a liquid vehicle, a binder resin, a colorant, and optionally a surfactant. The liquid vehicle includes an organic solvent or blend of solvents having... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6663702 | Printing ink This invention concerns inks for use in ink-jet printers for printing on to impervious or non-porous substrates such as, for example, glass, ceramics, plastics such as, for example, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride, cellulose acetate butyrate, and metals... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6652638 | UV-sensitive marking composition A marking composition for placing a temporarily visible mark on a surface. The composition includes a paint base and a pigmented colorant. The pigmented colorant is dispersed within the paint base, and has characteristics that cause the mark to progressiv... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6645280 | Jet ink composition for printing watermarks The present invention provides a jet ink composition suitable for printing watermarks on paper substrates. The jet ink composition comprises a solvent and a translucentizing agent. An example of a translucentizing agent is sucrose acetate isobutyrate. The... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6623553 | Printing process with edible inks An edible ink with a viscosity of about 2000 to about 16000 cp at 25° C.... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6551392 | Liquid pressure transfer ink, liquid pressure transfer film, liquid pressure transfer article and liquid pressure transfer method A pattern-transferring film having a print pattern provided on an upper surface thereof is floated on a liquid surface within a transferring bath and an objective body is immersed into a liquid within the transferring bath together with the pattern transf... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6547870 | Pigment preparation The invention relates to a non-dusting, homogeneous pigment preparation, comprising ࣙ40% by weight of one or more effect pigments, 0.5-60% by weight of a polyalkylene glycol and/or one or more polyalkylene glycol derivatives, 0-10% by weight of a redispersin... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6544327 | Pigment preparation The invention relates to a non-dusting homogeneous pigment preparation which is notable in that it comprises at least 40% by weight of one or more effect pigments, from 0.5 to 60% by weight of an aldehyde resin and/or ketonic resin and from 0.1 to 10% by ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6544323 | Aqueous ink composition with metallic glittering The present invention relates to an aqueous ink composition with metallic glittering, more particularly to an aqueous ink composition with metallic glittering having an excellent glittering appearance, three-dimensional effect, writing aptitude comprising... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6511534 | Ink, ink set, ink cartridge, printing unit, image printing apparatus, ink-jet printing method, and coloring material An ink is provided which is capable of giving higher density of the printed image and has improved color developability with the light fastness and image stability maintained, and suppressing occurrence of bleeding in color image formation. The ink contai... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6478861 | Laser markable coating The present invention provides a transparent or colorless coating comprising a heat responsive material that increases in opacity when exposed to heat. An example of a heat responsive material is an inorganic compound or an organic resin. The present inve... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6461418 | Aqueous ink jet inks for use with commercial offset media and offset ink The present invention is directed to aqueous based ink compositions for ink jet printing on offset media and offset ink comprising various combinations of nonionic surfactants. Such formulations include effective amounts of an ink colorant and a nonionic ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6444022 | Water based offset lithographic printing ink A water based offset lithographic ink comprising water; a modified rosin polymer comprised of resins soluble in water regardless of the pH of the water, resin rosin salts soluble in water at pH ranging from 7.5 to 10 and aqueous emulsion resins; a modifie... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6444017 | Aqueous ink jet inks for use with commercial offset media and offset ink The present invention is directed to aqueous based ink compositions for ink jet printing on offset media and offset ink comprising combinations of dye-based and pigment-based colorants, and optionally surfactants. Optionally solvents and binders can be al... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6325845 | Aqueous ink for ball point pens The present invention relates to an aqueous ink for ball point pens comprising a coloring pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, water and a polysaccharide, wherein pigment particles of said coloring pigment gather and form a spotted agglomerate phase.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6261351 | Water based ink for ball point pen An action of the preventing drying at a pen tip without using water-soluble organic solvents such as glycols, glycerin and glycol ethers which have so far been used for a water based ink for a ball point pen is allotted to at least one selected from the g... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6200372 | Water-based offset lithographic newspaper printing ink A single fluid water-based offset lithographic news ink comprising water; a macromolecular resin binder comprised of a resin soluble in water regardless of the pH of the water, a rosin salt resin soluble in water at pH ranging from 7.5 to 10 and an aqueou... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6171381 | Aqueous metallic ink composition The present invention relates to an aqueous metallic ink composition having utility in ink for writing instruments, for printing, for coating, and the like. The composition includes a metallic powder pigment, a colorant, water, and a water-soluble organic... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6106600 | Inks for continuous inkjet printing An ink jet ink is disclosed which comprises a binder, a colorant, a conductivity controller and a liquid vehicle in which at least the binder and colourant are soluble, the binder being a nitrocellulose having a viscosity of 15 centipoise or less as measu... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6048389 | Ink jet inks containing modifiers for improved drop formation An ink jet ink composition comprising a vehicle; a colorant; and a polymer having a molecular weight between 200,000 and 40 million g/mol.... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6017471 | Colorants and colorant modifiers A light-stable colored composition which includes a colorant and a radiation transorber. The colorant, in the presence of the radiation transorber, is adapted, upon exposure of the transorber to specific, narrow bandwidth radiation, to be mutable. The rad... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5993526 | Process for the production of a pearl shine pigment preparation A pearl shine pigment preparation as a pre-product for a printing ink in ch pearl shine pigment is made into a paste with a binding agent and optionally with a solvent and/or additives and the paste is put into a compact particle form. For that purpose t... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5990201 | Pseudo-plastic aqueous ink for ball point pen A pseudo-plastic aqueous ink for a ball point pen contains at least a pigment, a dispersant, water, a polar solvent and a thickener and further contains 0.05 to 7% by weight of the silicone base surfactant or 0.05 to 5% by weight of a silicone base surfac... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5972088 | Water-based gravure printing ink A single fluid water-based gravure printing ink comprising water; a macromolecular resin binder comprised of resins soluble in water regardless of the pH of the water; resins water soluble at water pH value ranging from 7.5 to 10; and aqueous emulsion res... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5961704 | Aqueous marking pen ink composition for writing board The present invention provides an aqueous marking pen ink composition for writing board which gives writing that can be easily erased by wiping with a dry erasing material without staining on the surface of the writing board even if the writing is half-dr... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5958123 | Ink composition An ink composition comprises water; a mica-based pigment; a hydroxyalkyl cellulose binder; and, a water-soluble or water-dispersible surfactant coating aid. The composition is suitable for printing paper e.g. photographic paper base.... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5954866 | Ink for ink jet recording and image forming method using the same An ink composition for ink jet recording is provided which can meet many property requirements for an ink composition used in ink jet recording and, in addition, can yield a good image on a recording medium having a layer comprising a water-soluble resin.... | 09/21/1999 |
