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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dean B Parkinson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Orton D Bergren, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
SRI Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106 / ; 106 32 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides ballpoint pen ink compositions containing carbon black which are initially erasable and require little or no external pressure for ink delivery. The ink can be erased easily with a normal rubber eraser such as that found on pencils. The ink compositions of the present invention comprises: about 15% to about 40% of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, about 15% to about 40% of an aromatic hydrocarbon, about 1% to about 15% of a colorant, about 4% to about 40% of one or more of a preselected thermoplastic block copolymer, and about 5% to about 40% of a preselected parting agent.