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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sharad R. Thakkar, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Jing-Den Chen, Dayton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Scitex Digital Printing, Inc., Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/102 ;
Abstract
An ink jet ink composition comprises a liquid vehicle and a chemically modified pigment dispersion incorporating a chemical with a plurality of electron donating groups. The chemical is a monomer or a polymer. Dried ink film resistivity of aqueous carbon black pigment ink formulated in accordance with this composition is improved by being increased to a level whereby no electrical shorts which cause printer failure or print defects are observed during printing.