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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188159 | Environmentally friendly additives for inkjet inks An inkjet ink comprising polymeric fluoro-polymeric additives providing enhanced pen and print quality performance. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8188160 | Ink set for inkjet recording, image recording method and image recording apparatus The ink set for inkjet recording includes: a water-based ink containing pigment particles and 10 to 25 wt % of water-soluble high-boiling-point organic solvent having an SP value of not higher than 30; and a treatment liquid containing a fluidity reducing agent whic... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8178597 | Aqueous inkjet recording ink and method for producing the same An aqueous inkjet recording ink including pigment particles coated with a water-insoluble resin, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent including at least one hydroxy group, wherein the water-insoluble resin has a salt-forming group and a structural unit which i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8168694 | Ink composition, ink set, ink for inkjet recording, ink set for inkjet recording, and ink cartridge for inkjet recording An ink composition is provided and includes: a dye; and at least one polymer of an oxidation-resistant polymer having a weight-average molecula weight of 3,000 or more, an association-accelerating polymer and an amidic polymer. An image printed with the ink composit... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168695 | Ink composition, inkjet recording method, and printed material This invention provides an ink composition capable of forming an image which has favorable curing sensitivity, is excellent in rubbing resistance and blocking properties, and has controlled surface stickiness and improved surface curing properties, an inkjet recordi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163817 | Aqueous ink, ink set, image forming method and image forming apparatus An aqueous ink to be used together with a pigment ink containing a pigment and a polymer, wherein the aqueous ink contains a reactive component for destabilizing the dispersion state of the pigment, the dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 30 ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163816 | Production process of liquid composition, image forming process and image forming apparatus A process for producing a liquid composition including a pigment and a stimuli-responsive dispersant, the pigment being contained in the liquid composition in a dispersed state, the process including (1) obtaining a solution dissolving the pigment in a first solvent... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158697 | Ink composition, recorded material, recording method, and recording apparatus An ink composition includes a polyurethane resin and at least one selected from a metal compound and hollow resin particles as a colorant, and in the ink composition described above, the polyurethane resin is a polycarbonate-based or a polyether-based anionic polyur... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153706 | Polymeric colorants having pigment and dye components and corresponding ink compositions a polymeric colorant includes a pigment having a polymer covalently attached thereto, a dye covalently attached to the polymer, and a dispersant covalently attached to at least one of the pigment, the polymer, and the dye, wherein the dye covalently attached to the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148447 | Ink composition for ink jet recording There is provided an ink composition which can yield images having silver salt photograph-like gloss and is also excellent in fixation, lightfastness, and gasfastness of recorded images. The ink composition comprises: a resin produced by emulsion polymerization of a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143326 | Spin-printing of electronic and display components The present invention is directed to viscoelastic compositions useful printing processes, and to devices using the compositions. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138238 | Non-aqueous pigmented inkjet inks A non-aqueous inkjet ink includes C.I. Pigment Yellow 150 and a polymeric dispersant according to Formula (I): wherein, T represents hydrogen or a polymerization terminating group; | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133934 | Methods for formulating latexes suitable for thermal ink-jet applications A method of formulating a latex ink composition for a specific application temperature can include the steps of determining an application temperature for the latex ink composition; choosing at least one polar monomer having a dielectric constant of at least about 3... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133936 | Printing ink This invention relates to an ink-jet ink substantially free of water and volatile organic solvents comprising at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, including phenoxyethyl acrylate; at least one monofunctional N-vinyl amide monomer, including N-vinyl ca... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133937 | Printing ink This invention relates to an ink-jet ink comprising at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer; at least one monofunctional N-vinyl amide monomer; at least one radical photoinitiator; and at least one coloring agent. The ink has a viscosity of less than 100 ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133935 | Printing ink This invention relates to an ink-jet ink comprising at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer; at least one monofunctional N-vinyl amide monomer; at least one radical photoinitiator; and at least one coloring agent. The ink has a viscosity of less than 100 ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129448 | Method of preparing polymer modified pigments The present invention relates to a method of preparing a polymer modified pigment comprising the steps of, combining, in any order, a modified pigment comprising a pigment having attached at least one reactive group, a polymer comprising at least one functional grou... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129447 | Ink composition and inkjet recording method using the same The invention provides an ink composition including (i) a sensitizing dye having a polymerizable group as a substituent, (ii) a polymerization initiator and (iii) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond. The invention also provides an inkje... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124671 | Active ray-curable ink and method for forming image An active ray-curable ink comprising a pigment, a photoinitiator, a polymerizable compound, a compound represented by following Formula (1), and a urethane polymer or a urethane oligomer having no photopolymerizable group in a molecule: | 02/28/2012 |
| 8114923 | Inkjet ink solvent system A smear resistant inkjet ink formulation includes ink includes between 0.1 and 6% colorant, between 1 and 40% solvent, between 0.3 and 10% latex binder having a particle size between 100 and 300 nm and a glass transition temperature between −20 and +100 degrees Ce... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114922 | Ink and laminated sheet An ink comprises metal thin film fragments having an average thickness of 0.01 to 0.1 μm and an average particle diameter of 5 to 25 μm, and a binder resin having at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a phosphoric acid group, a sulfo... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110616 | Aqeous inkjet recording ink An aqueous inkjet recording ink including at least a resin (A), a pigment (B) dispersed with the resin (A), a resin emulsion (C), and an aqueous liquid medium (D), wherein the resin (A) includes hydrophobic structural units (a) and hydrophilic structural units (b), ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110617 | Aqueous ink composition and method of manufacturing the same An aqueous ink composition comprising: a pigment, having a particle diameter as determined by the light scattering method of no less than 20 nm and no more than 200 nm; and a water dispersible polymer, having a styrene-equivalent number average molecular weight of a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110615 | Correction fluids The application discloses stable correction fluids and/or correction fluids that change from colored to substantially white (or to a color substantially matching the color of a substrate to which the correction fluid is to be applied) after application to a substrat... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106113 | Ink composition, image forming method and printed article Disclosed are an ink composition comprising at least a colorant (a) and a polymer (b) having a heterocyclic moiety forming a colorant, an image forming method including applying the ink composition to a recording medium by printing and curing the ink composition, an... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8097663 | Non-aqueous pigmented inkjet inks A non-aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment includes C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and a polymeric dispersant according to Formula (I): wherein, T represents hydrogen or a polymerization... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093311 | Ink for ink-jet recording A pigment ink for ink-jet recording which is excellent in freezing resistance and fixability includes a pigment, an aqueous resin emulsion, polyethylene glycol and diethylene glycol. This ink satisfies the following formulae (1), (2) and (3): A | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093312 | Non-aqueous pigmented inkjet inks A non-aqueous inkjet ink includes a benzimidazolone pigment and a polymeric dispersant according to Formula (I): wherein, T represents hydrogen or a polymerization terminating group... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8084516 | Water-based inks for ink-jet printing The present invention relates to (A) a water dispersion for ink-jet printing including particles of a waster-insoluble crosslinked polymer which contain a colorant, and a water-insoluble organic compound, wherein the water-insoluble crosslinked polymer is (1) a poly... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076392 | Ink composition and image recording method and image recorded matter using same An ink composition containing at least a polymerizable composition, a pigment, and a polymer represented by General Formula (1): where R1 represents an (m+n)-valent organic linking group, R2 represents... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076393 | Ink composition, inkjet recording method, and printed material An ink composition includes (A) at least one polymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional radically polymerizable monomer having an aliphatic cyclic structure, an N-vinyllactam, and an aromatic monofunctional radically polymerizable ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076394 | Compositions and methods for printing on specialty media Compositions and methods for printing on specialty media are disclosed. The methods comprise the steps of providing a fixing fluid, providing a dye- or pigment-based ink-jet ink containing an effective amount of a polyvinyl(alcohol-acetate) species, jetting the fixi... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071665 | Inkjet printing A single phase aqueous composition suitable for thermal inkjet printing comprises a mixture of curable materials including at least two curable oligomers; and one or more co-solvents for the curable materials. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067483 | Adjuvant-mediated reactivity enhancement of polymerizable diacetylenic materials Indicator inks, indicators formed by printing or otherwise utilizing the inks and host products utilizing the indicators are disclosed. Reactivity-enhancing adjuvants stimulate enhanced thermal reactivity of diacetylenic or other indicator agents capable of respondi... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8053494 | Invisible ink and scratch pad An invisible ink, a method for preparing an invisible ink, and an invisible ink product are disclosed herein. An invisible ink comprising a first ink combined with a second ink is applied to a print medium. The first ink comprises a color developer activator without... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053493 | Pixel-to-barrier-unevenness-controllable ink Disclosed is an ink, which has a viscosity and a volumetric shrinkage, controlled to 20˜80 cP and 10˜30%, respectively, by controlling an amount of each of: (a) a first monomer having a viscosity of 7˜1,600 cP and having one or two polymerizable functional groups... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048939 | Water base ink for inkjet recording The present invention relates to a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which is excellent in rubbing resistance upon printing on coated papers such as photographic papers, and also exhibits a high optical density upon printing on plain papers. The water-based ink f... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044115 | Pigment-based inks with improved jetting latency An inkjet ink composition comprising water, pigment particles dispersed with a polymeric dispersant, at least one water-dispersible polyurethane, at least one pyrrolidinone compound, glycerol, and a 1,2-alkanediol having from four to eight carbon atoms. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044114 | Ink for recording, and ink cartridge, ink recorded matter, inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method using the same There is provided an ink for recording, which contains: a coloring agent; a water-dispersible resin; a wetting agent; a surfactant; and water, wherein a total solid content of the coloring agent and the water-dispersible resin is 10% by mass to 30% with respect to a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8030373 | Pigment distribution system and method of encapsulating pigment Provided is a pigment distribution system. The pigment distribution system includes a pigment encapsulated by physically adsorbing a diblock copolymer to the pigment. The diblock copolymer is represented by Formula 1 below: ... | 10/04/2011 |
