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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. 05, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
G Frederick Hutter, Charleston, SC (US);
Michael D Matzinger, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westvaco Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427288 ; 427391 ;
Abstract
A cationic, water-soluble polymer is disclosed as a substrate treatment resin (i.e., coating) to improve color-fastness and adhesion of an ink-jet ink printed onto the coated substrate. More particularly, a 50% solids aqueous solution of a cationic acrylic resin is provided as the substrate pre-treatment resin. Also disclosed is a method for preparing the invention resin.