Milliken Research Corporation

Milliken + Co

Judy A Wagner

Edward W Kluger

Patrick D Moore

John W Rekers

Kathy A Revan

Zahir Khan Palanpur

Gregory P Coomber

Peter J Kirk

C Dean Thompson

Morag Ann Girdwood

Cynthia W Thompson

A software and/or internet based system and method for enabling a buyer or potential buyer of floor coverings to access directly information relating to former, current and proposed future installation projects as well as information on available products. The information available is tailored to the needs of the individual requester. Global data for a customer is broadly accessible through a URL site dedicated to that customer. However, the actual scope of information available to any individual requesting data on behalf of a customer is limited to pre-authorized data elements corresponding to the scope of responsibility held by the requesting individual.

Method of providing project and product information to a purchaser of floor covering materials

A washable aqueous ink composition having a viscosity of from about 1.0 to about 6.0 centipoises and containing from about 10 to about 50% by weight of one or more polymeric colorants of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: X is a polar group such as sulfonic acids, sulfonic acid salts, sulfonamides, sulfonates or the like;

Washable ink compositions

A washable ink composition is provided which is an aqueous mixture containing water soluble, ester-terminated, poly(alkyleneoxy)-substituted methine colorant of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: AR is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic or hetero-aromatic group; X is nitrogen or oxygen; R is unsubstituted or substituted straight or branched alkylene of 2-4 carbons or mixtures thereof; R.sub.1 is H or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or phenyl moiety containing one to about 10 carbons, or a group of the formula: ##STR2## wherein: R.sub.3 is H or alkyl of one to about ten carbons, and d is zero when X is oxygen and one when X is nitrogen; R.sub.2 is hydrogen or alkyl of one to about five carbons; a and b are each an integer independently selected from one to about forty wherein a+b is an integer of from about 6 to about 80; and Z is a divalent vinylic carbon atom which is covalently bonded to a group or moiety including any of cyano, vinyl carbon, sulfide, sulfoxide, sulfone, allylic oxygen, thiocyano, or carbonyl which is not part of an amide, carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt moiety.

Methine colorants and washable ink compositions containing methine

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Judy A Wagner