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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. 11, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Keith D. Weiss, Fenton, MI (US);
Jason Beaudoin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Keith D. Weiss, Fenton, MI (US);
Jason Beaudoin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Exatec, L.L.C., Wixom, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention involves an ink for transferring a printed image from a membrane to a substrate. The ink comprises a hydrocarbon solvent, a synthetic resin, and a thixotrope for forming a thixotropic network in the ink. The hydrocarbon solvent has a predetermined evaporation rate and the thixotropic network of the ink has a thixotropic network magnitude of between about 3×10and 6×10dynes/cm-secand a thixotropic network strength of at least about 35.0 gm-cm.