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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J. McElligott, Rochester, NY (US);
Donald E. Snyder, Jr., Spencerport, NY (US);
Ronald E. Coutta, Cookeville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Nu-kote International, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/100 ;
Abstract
An aqueous ink-jet ink composition for MICR applications is provided comprising a metal oxide pre-dispersion combined with an aqueous ink-jet ink composition, wherein the metal oxide pre-dispersion contains metal oxide pigment or particles of a very small particle size, at least one surfactant to aid in the aid in the dispersion of the metal oxide particles. Particularly, the surfactant component is a combination of an anionic surfactant and an anionic-nonionic surfactant, or may be a combination of other types of surfactants.