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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Adela Goredema, Mississauga, CA;
Maria N. V. Mcdougall, Oakville, CA;
C. Geoffrey Allen, Waterdown, CA;
Inventors:
Adela Goredema, Mississauga, CA;
Maria N. V. McDougall, Oakville, CA;
C. Geoffrey Allen, Waterdown, CA;
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink carrier comprising a dispersion of at least one of silica nanoparticles surface modified with a hydrophobic group or metal oxide nanoparticles surface modified with a hydrophobic group exhibiting a substantially uniform distribution of said nanoparticles discretely distributed therewithin, said ink carrier being resistant to substantial aggregation of said nanoparticles distributed therewithin.