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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:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Domino Printing Sciences Plc, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D / ; C09D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106 3135 ; 106 3136 ; 106 3159 ; 106 3167 ; 106 3168 ; 106 3189 ;
Abstract
Ink jet inks are disclosed comprising a liquid vehicle which is preferably a blend of ethanol and water in a weight ratio of 23/70 (equivalent to 30/70 by volume) to 71/10 (equivalent to 90/10 by volume), a binder, which comprises a sugar or a sugar alcohol or a mixture thereof, preferably a mixture of sorbitol and maltitol, which is soluble in the liquid vehicle, a colorant which is soluble in the liquid vehicle and a surfactant comprising 90% or more of phosphatidylcholine or lysophosphatidylcholine, which is soluble in the liquid vehicle.