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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2013
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Jeffrey H. Banning, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Jule W. Thomas, Jr., West Linn, OR (US);
Bo Wu, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Stephan V. Drappel, Toronto, CA;
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A dye compound of formula 1: where R and R' are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, Cto Calkyl and a solubilizing moiety comprising a substituted or unsubstituted Cto Chydrocarbyl group. At least one of R and R′ is not a hydrogen atom or Cto Calkyl. R″ and R′″ can be independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, Cto Calkyl groups or halogens; and X is a squaric acid moiety. A property of the dye compound is that it absorbs radiation having a wavelength in the range of about 700 nm to about 1400 nm.