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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2011
Sterling Chaffins, Albany, OR (US);
Kevin P. Dekam, Albany, OR (US);
Jayprakash C Bhatt, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mehrgan Khavari, Corvallis, OR (US);
Sterling Chaffins, Albany, OR (US);
Kevin P. DeKam, Albany, OR (US);
Jayprakash C Bhatt, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mehrgan Khavari, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An ink is disclosed. The ink composition includes an ink vehicle, a colorant, and a fluorosurfactant, wherein the fluorosurfactant is a polymer having the general formula: wherein p is any integer, q is any integer, Zand Zare each fluorine or any functional group, and R, R, Rare each fluorine, any alkyl group, or any functional group, and wherein R, R, R, Z, and Zare not all fluorine and the fluorosurfactant lowers the surface tension of the ink vehicle. A method for improving a property of an ink is also disclosed.