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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:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2003
Applicants:
Denise Hall, Manchester, GB;
Stephen George Yeates, Manchester, GB;
Tom Annable, Manchester, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujifilm Imaging Colorants Limited, Manchester, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for forming a chain extended thermoplastic polymer which includes reacting: (i) a prepolymer having one or more guanidinium or biguanidinium units and having at least one reactive end group; and (ii) a chain extender having at least two groups able to react with reactive end group(s) in (i). The polymer used as fixing agent to reduce highlighter smear of prints prepared by ink jet printing.