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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:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/102 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an ink composition for ink jet recording which is free from precipitation and can realize, on a high level, various properties required of ink compositions for ink jet recording. In a copper complex colorant-containing ink for ink jet recording, the free copper ion concentration of the ink composition is brought to not more than 10 ppm. Preferably, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid or a salt thereof is used to bring the free copper ion concentration to not more than 10 ppm.