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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2010
Stephen Anthony Hall, Somerset, GB;
Andrew David Speirs, Wiltshire, GB;
Stephen Paul Wilson, Somerset, GB;
Stephen Anthony Hall, Somerset, GB;
Andrew David Speirs, Wiltshire, GB;
Stephen Paul Wilson, Somerset, GB;
Sun Chemical B.V., Weesp, NL;
Abstract
An energy-curable ink or coating composition comprising: a monofunctional urethane monomer, such as a monofunctional urethane acrylate monomer; a monofunctional monomer; and, optionally, a colorant, photoinitiator, stabilizer, surfactant and/or a vinyl resin, for use as a thermoforming ink or coating that, when printed onto a substrate (), elongates on thermoformation of the substrate () to adopt the shape of a mold (), a method of printing on a thermoforming substrate using such an ink or coating and a printed thermoformed article ().