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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:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nelson Z Escano, Kingsport, TN (US);
James J Krutak, Sr, Kingsport, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D / ; C08F / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106 / ; 528275 ; 528278 ; 528280 ; 528281 ; 528282 ; 528283 ; 528288 ; 528291 ; 528292 ; 528293 ; 528295 ; 528298 ; 528299 ; 528300 ; 528302 ; 528307 ; 528308 ; 525437 ; 524 81 ; 524601 ; 524602 ; 524603 ; 524604 ; 524608 ; 524609 ; 106 / ; 106 / ;
Abstract
The present invention provides inks which contain a near infrared fluorophoric compound incorporated into a water-dissipatible polyester backbone. The inks of the present invention are preferably colorless or 'invisible' but could be made slightly colored if desirable. Specifically, the inks of the present invention comprise: