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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2006
Gary L. House, Victor, NY (US);
Anne T. Wyand, Victor, NY (US);
Gary L. House, Victor, NY (US);
Anne T. Wyand, Victor, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous media and a pigment dispersion comprising a specific carbon black pigment and a polymeric dispersant wherein said polymeric dispersant is a copolymer comprising at least a hydrophobic methacrylate or acrylate monomer containing an aliphatic chain having greater than or equal to 12 carbons; and a hydrophilic methacrylic or acrylic acid monomer; wherein said copolymer comprises at least 10% by weight of the methacrylate or acrylate monomer and at least 5% by weight of the methacrylic or acrylic acid monomer; and wherein the copolymer comprises, in total, 20 to 95 weight % of hydrophobic monomer.