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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:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raouf Botros, Centerville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Scitex Digital Printing, Inc., Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/102 ;
Abstract
An ink jet ink composition comprises a color dye, a polymer, at least one water soluble organic solvent, and at least one ammonium salt for enhancement of waterfastness. The ink preferably comprises 1-10% ethoxylated polyethyleneimine to which is added 1-8% N-methyl-pyrrolidone, and up to 1% of the ammonium salt, to increase the waterfastness of the ink to a level greater than 70%.