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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:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter D. Schmidt, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Uyen Q. Thai, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
MacDormid Colorspan, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 1/100 ;
Abstract
A dye-based, thermal ink jet printer ink is formulated by combining a water miscible organic solvent, water, and a dye, and blending the water miscible organic solvent, the water, and the dye together. The ink has the ability to form printed images on a variety of textile media and can be used to achieve acceptable results on both coated silk and coated cotton substrates. Also included is a method of making the ink jet ink and a method of applying the ink to a recording medium.