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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:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2003
Applicants:
Daryl Vanbesien, Burlington, CA;
Michael A. Hopper, Toronto, CA;
Raj D. Patel, Oakville, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process comprising heating a mixture of colorant and latex in the presence of a coagulant and a silicate salt, and wherein said heating comprises a first heating equal to or below about the glass transition temperature of a polymer contained in said latex, and a second heating equal to or about the glass transition temperature of a polymer contained in said latex; wherein said first heating enables the formation of aggregates and said second heating enables the fusion of said colorant and said polymer; and optionally wherein said silicate is contained in an alkali metal hydroxide.