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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. 13, 2004
Filed:
May. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Tomioka, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Kurabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Kato, Tochigi, JP;
Makiko Endo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a liquid composition for forming a colored portion on a recording medium together with an anionic or cationic water-based ink containing a coloring material. The liquid composition comprises a solvent, fine particles in a dispersion state, wherein the fine particles have a surface charge in a polarity opposite to the water-based ink and has ion whose polarity is opposite to that of the fine particles in an ionic equivalence of 0.1-40 meq/l.