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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:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Douglas E Bugner, Rochester, NY (US);
Lori Shaw-Klein, Rochester, NY (US);
David E Decker, Rochester, NY (US);
Paul E Woodgate, Spencerport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink jet ink/receiver combination comprising: a) an ink receiving layer on a support, the ink receiving layer containing polymeric thermoplastic particles, the polymeric particles having an average particle diameter ranging from 0.5 to 20 .mu.m. and a glass transition temperature between 40.degree. and 120.degree. C.; and imagewise deposited thereon b) an ink jet ink containing a carrier, a pigment, and thermoplastic polymeric latex particles having a glass transition temperature between 30.degree. and 200.degree. C., and an average diameter between 10 and 1000 nm; wherein the polymeric particles in the ink receiving layer are the same or different from the polymeric particles in the ink.