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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:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Linda C. Uhlir-Tsang, Corvallis, OR (US);
John R Moffatt, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mary E Austin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/102 ;
Abstract
A puddling additive comprising an anionic, polar group and a C -C hydrocarbon tail for use in reducing puddling in an inkjet ink. The anionic, polar group is a carboxylate or phosphate group and the C -C hydrocarbon tail is a saturated or unsaturated C -C hydrocarbon chain. An inkjet ink comprises a puddling additive, a dye, and an ink vehicle. A method of reducing puddling in an inkjet ink is also disclosed. The method comprises adding the puddling additive to the inkjet ink.