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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jayprakash Bhatt, Corvallis, OR (US);
Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jayprakash Bhatt, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A water-soluble phthalocyanine dye or naphthalocyanine dye with near-infrared absorption comprises at least one complexed unit. Each unit comprises a phthalocyanine or a naphthalocyanine moiety and a metal atom complexed thereto and having a valency of at least three, with two valencies complexed to the phthalocynanine ring or the naphthalocyanine ring, each unit joined to another through a fused ring, at least one valency attached to water-soluble axial ligands. The dyes to may be employed in inkjet inks in conjunction with colorants.