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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
May. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martha Jean Collins, Blountville, TN (US);
Glen Dennis Shields, Kingsport, TN (US);
Rebecca Reid Stockl, Kingsport, TN (US);
James Wayne Taylor, Kingsport, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524502 ;
Abstract
A water-based ink composition is described. The ink composition contains a pigment and a polymer latex. The polymer latex may be a polymeric (polyamino) enamine latex or a mixture of a polymeric (polyamino) enamine latex and an acetoacetoxy-functional polymer latex. The inks are particularly useful as laminating and surface-printing inks. Methods of printing are also described.