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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:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter C Morris, San Diego, CA (US);
David H Donovan, Barcelona, ES;
Gregg A Lane, San Diego, CA (US);
Larrie A Deardurff, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106 3127 ; 106 3143 ; 106 3158 ;
Abstract
In accordance with the invention a set of dyes suitable for use in ink-jet inks and method for formulating the same are provided. A specific dye set for formulating the yellow, cyan, magenta, and optionally black inks is disclosed, comprising Direct Yellow 132, Direct Blue 199, Magenta 377, and optionally Pacified Reactive Black 31 dyes, respectively. This dye set provides ink-jet prints able to match printed color standards such as specification for web offset publications (SWOP) and Euroweb, with excellent lightfade and pen reliability performance.