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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Alan R. Pitt, Sandridge, GB;
Trevor J. Wear, Ely, GB;
John H. Hone, Chalfont St. Peter, GB;
Andrew M. Howe, Cambridge, GB;
Ian M. Newington, High Wycombe, GB;
Alan R. Pitt, Sandridge, GB;
Trevor J. Wear, Ely, GB;
John H. Hone, Chalfont St. Peter, GB;
Andrew M. Howe, Cambridge, GB;
Ian M. Newington, High Wycombe, GB;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of negatively charged or chargeable solid particulates which comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a polymeric hydrophilic moiety, the anchoring moiety containing at least one basic group and having an overall basicity and the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the particulate surface than the anchoring moiety. The invention also provides a coating composition containing the dispersant, an inkjet recording element containing the dispersant and methods of coating or reducing viscosity using the dispersant.