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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Etienne Lazarus, Marienthal, FR;
Nathalie A. Hahn-behrens, Soultz sous Forets, FR;
Alexander K. Hipp, Zurich, CH;
Etienne Lazarus, Marienthal, FR;
Nathalie A. Hahn-Behrens, Soultz sous Forets, FR;
Alexander K. Hipp, Zurich, CH;
Styron Europe GmbH, Horgen, CH;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a polyvinyl ester-based latex having polyvinyl ester-based particles with vinyl ester groups that have been partially hydrolyzed to a predetermined degree, and methods of modifying and forming the polyvinyl ester-based latex of the present disclosure. Embodiments of the present disclosure also include coating compositions that include the polyvinyl ester-based latex of the present disclosure and an optical brightening agent (OBA), where the polyvinyl ester-based particles act as a carrier for the OBA in a coating composition for a print media substrate.