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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:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shirley Lee, Poway, CA (US);
Grant A. Webster, Valley Center, CA (US);
Joe R. Pietrzyk, late of San Diego, CA (US);
Farzaneh Barmaki, Escondido, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/102 ;
Abstract
The present invention is drawn to ink-jet ink compositions, methods, and systems for reducing satellite spotting around a printed image. Specifically, an aqueous ink-jet ink composition exhibiting a reduction in aerosol formation during printing, comprises an effective amount of an ink vehicle; an effective amount of at least one ink colorant; and from 5 to 200 ppm of a high molecular weight polysaccharide.