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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8308861 | Phase change material compositions A phase change material (PCM) composition comprises a blend of at least one fatty acid ester and at least one ethylene copolymer, wherein the ethylene copolymer comprises at least 28% of an at least one polar comonomer by weight, based on the weight of the ethylene ... | 11/13/2012 |
| 7758682 | Non-aqueous inks with an extended cap-off time A non-aqueous ink with an extended cap-off time for writing, drawing, painting or marking, or a writing or marking fluid respectively, having organic solvents, binding agents, drying retarders, colorants and if necessary further additives. The ink contains a fatty a... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7662223 | Aqueous ink-jet ink composition An aqueous ink-jet ink composition contains: (i) a polyglycerol fatty acid ester, in which the number of carbon atoms of the fatty acid moiety is equal to 14, the polyglycerol fatty acid ester being contained in a proportion falling within the range of more than 0.1... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7241335 | Aqueous ink for ball point pens The invention provides an aqueous ink composition for ball-point pens excellent in both the lubricity for an aqueous ballpoint pen tip and the bleed resistance of writing. The ink composition comprises water and a colorant as the essential components and is characte... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220301 | Ink, ink-jet recording process, recorded article, recording unit, ink cartridge, ink-jet recording apparatus fluorescence enhancing method and method of elongating life time of fluorescence Disclosed herein is an ink comprising (i) first and second organic compounds which are incompatible with each other; (ii) at least one of a compound exhibiting fluorescence properties and a coloring material exhibi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7185978 | Recording method, ink cartridge, printing device and information recording apparatus A recording method including the step of providing an ink from a recording head to a recording medium through a gap provided between the recording head and the recording medium, the ink being supplied to the recording head from an ink tank including an ink contact m... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7153352 | Ink for inkjet recording An ink for inkjet recording containing a vehicle, coloring agents dispersed therein, and a dispersing agent for the coloring agents as required, is provided. The vehicle contains at least a first solvent component and a second solvent component. The first solvent co... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144105 | Ink, ink-jet recording process, recorded article, recording unit, ink cartridge, ink-jet recording apparatus, fluorescence enhancing method and method of elongating life time of fluorescence Disclosed herein is an ink including (i) first and second organic compounds which are incompatible with each other; (ii) at least one of a compound exhibiting fluorescence properties and a coloring material exhibit... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7022172 | Non-aqueous ink composition A non-aqueous ink composition includes pigment, solvent and dispersant. The dispersant has an ester structure and the solvent contains not smaller than 60% by weight polar organic solvent. The polar organic solvent contains not smaller than 10% by weight ester solve... | 04/04/2006 |
| RE38952 | Heat activated ink jet ink A method of printing a liquid ink which is produced from a heat activated dye which is selected from a limited group of dyes which are capable of transfer at low energy. A printer which uses liquid ink, such as an ink jet printer, prints an image onto an intermediat... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6933329 | Composition based on water-dissipatable polyurethane A composition comprising water-dissipatable polyurethane, water, colorant, a water-miscible organic solvent and a water-immiscible organic solvent. The compositions are useful as inks for ink jet printers. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6905539 | Black eradicable ink, methods of eradication of the same, eradicable ink kit, and eradicated ink complex A shear-thinning eradicable ink including water, a dye selected from the group consisting of diarylmethane derivatives, triarylmethane derivatives, methine dyes, and a solvent, wherein the ink has a shear-thinning index in the range of about 0.35 to about 1.0; a kit... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6903841 | Decorating system for edible items A system for creating a decorative edible item from a selected image. The system includes at least one image source, such as a scanner and/or a library of stored images, a controller unit and a printer. An edible media is inserted into the printer. The user then sel... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899756 | Drier for printing ink and printing ink containing drier A drier for oxidative polymerization-drying printing ink is provided, which does not contain cobalt capable of exerting an adverse influence on the environment and health and which is environmentally friendly. A printing ink containing the drier is also provided. Th... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6872444 | Enhancement of color on surfaces Coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture comprising a nanoparticle system employing same to impart surface modifying benefits for all types of soft surfaces, and in some cases, hard surfaces, are disclosed. In some embodiments, dispersement of nanop... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6814789 | Use of additives to reduce puddling in inkjet inks A puddling additive comprising an anionic, polar group and a C6-C30 hydrocarbon tail for use in reducing puddling in an inkjet ink. The anionic, polar group is a carboxylate or phosphate group and the C6-C30 hydrocarbon ta... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6764541 | Colorant compositions Disclosed is a colorant composition of the formula wherein R is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, and wherein R can be joined to the phenyl moiety to form a ring, R′ is an aromat... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6645282 | Phase change gravure inks and methods of printing with same A hot melt ink composition containing a an alkylene distearate which improves the color strength of the ink and is formed as a reaction product of a C4 -C8 diol and at least one acid selected from the group consisting of a C16 | 11/11/2003 |
| 6641650 | Gelled printing ink compositions A smooth stable viscous gelled printing ink composition comprising a mixture of water, a gelling agent, a chelating agent, and a colorant or pigment, property enhancing additives evenly dispersed into the mixture, and an alkaline electrolyte viscosity inc... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6613135 | Pseudo-plastic water based ink for ballpoint pen A pseudo-plastic water based ink for a ballpoint pen comprising a colorant, water and 1 to 40% by weight of a polyglycerin fatty acid ester represented by the following Formula (I) and containing no water-soluble organic solvent: ##STR1## wherein R | 09/02/2003 |
| 6605142 | Chemical composition for ink An ink comprising: a) an aqueous medium; b) colorant; and c) a compound of Formula (1); M[X]n (1) wherein: M is a copper, nickel, cobalt or manganese cation; X is a carboxylic acid anion comprising at least four carbon atoms; and n is from 1 to 2 inclusive.... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6596519 | Paint or ink composition The present invention provides a modifying agent for resins for paints or resins for inks, containing fatty acids obtained by the enzymatic decomposition of vegetable oils or fats, the resins for paints or resins for inks modified with the modifying agent... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6471759 | Water based ink composition for writing instrument A water based ink composition for a writing instrument containing a lecithin derivative and further containing a colorant, a perfume and water, which is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and in which a perfume is dispersed and retained in an aq... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6423127 | Pseudo-plastic water base ink for ball point pen A pseudo-plastic water based ink for a ball point pen which causes less scattering in a viscosity depending on a production lot and has good stability with the passage of time whatever coloring materials are used and which provides a good writing feeling ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6420449 | Resin composition for white marking A resin composition comprises a thermoplastic resin, a non-terpene-series higher fatty acid or a derivative thereof and a black pigment. As the higher fatty acid or derivative thereof, use can be made of, for example, a saturated higher fatty acid having ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6319309 | Ink additives The use of a polybasic acid and a volatile base, or a salt formed by the said acid and base, in an aqueous ink to increase the water-fastness of a water-soluble dye contained in the ink. Also claimed are novel aqueous inks containing an organic polybasic acid ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6265481 | Rapidly absorbed printing inks and their use The invention relates to a printing ink which consists of pigments, an alkyd resin binder modified with fatty acids having an iodine number from 120 to 280 (g of I2 /100 g), a phenolic resin-modified rosin binder and, if appropriate, further bi... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6190444 | Emulsion ink for stencil printing Provided is a water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion ink for stencil printing which is less in change of viscosity with time and can give always stable prints. The emulsion ink contains a resinous component having a free carboxylic acid group or a higher fatty acid ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6132665 | Compositions and methods for selective deposition modeling Phase change compositions that are solid at ambient temperature and liquid at an elevated temperature above ambient temperature are disclosed for advantageous use in selective deposition modeling methods for building three-dimensional objects. A phase cha... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6096123 | Sprayable surface defect detection composition and method of using same This invention relates to a sprayable guide coat composition for use in the detection of defects on surfaces and its method of use in surface finishing processes. The composition contains anti-loading agents which improve abrasive cut and life of the abra... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6027556 | Nonstaining fingerprint ink and applicator therefor A nonstaining fingerprint ink is formulated from one or more alcohol soluble dyes, e.g., Acid Black 5 dye, dissolved in one or more fatty acid esters which have at least one available hydroxyl group, e.g., glycerol monoricinoleate, the dye constituting ab... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5916358 | Ink compositions containing surfactant sols comprising mixtures of solid surfactants The invention is related to an aqueous ink composition comprising water, a coloring agent, and solid surfactant particles wherein said solid particles comprise a mixture of at least two surfactants with very low water solubility and with melting points be... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5897694 | Methods for improving the adhesion and/or colorfastness of ink jet inks with respect to substrates applied thereto, and compositions useful therefor In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that the adhesion properties and/or colorfastness of ink jet formulations when applied to a variety of substrates can be improved by adding a specific class of additives thereto. Invention f... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5886128 | Modified phenolic resin and uses related thereto Distilled tall oil may be reacted with phenol-containing organic compound, formaldehyde or reactive equivalent thereof and hydroxyl-containing non-phenolic organic compound to prepare a resin. The resin may be formulated with a colorant to provide an ink ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5863319 | Thermally stable hot melt ink A thermally stable ink for use in ink jet printing contains an ester amide resin, a tackifying resin, and a colorant.... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5853467 | Sprayable surface defect detection composition and method of using same This invention relates to a sprayable guide coat composition for use in the detection of defects on surfaces and its method of use in surface finishing processes. The composition contains anti-loading agents which improve abrasive cut and life of the abra... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5849066 | Ink jet fluid composition and ink jet printing using same Provided is an ink jet fluid composition which comprises a liquid carrier medium and one or more chromium complexes of organic acids. Upon ink jet printing on a printing medium and subsequent exposure to an energy source, a durable and water-insoluble lay... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5830263 | Low energy heat activated transfer printing process A method of printing a liquid ink which is produced from a heat activated dye which is selected from a limited group of dyes which are capable of transfer at low energy. A printer which uses liquid ink, such as an ink jet printer, prints an image onto an ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5817169 | Oxazoline hot melt ink compositions An ink composition comprised of a colorant and a vehicle component, and which vehicle component is comprised of the condensation product of an organic acid and an amino alcohol.... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5800600 | Solid ink jet ink A solid ink jet ink composition which is suitable for hot melt applications having a carrier having an electrical resistivity of at least 108 Ohm.cm, insoluble marking particles and a particle charging agent dispersed in it. The marking particl... | 09/01/1998 |
