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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Xeikon Ip Bv, Eede, NL;
Inventors:
Werner Jozef Johan Op de Beeck, Putte, BE;
Lode Erik Dries Deprez, Wachtebeke, BE;
Geert Gaston Paul Deroover, Lier, BE;
Assignee:
Xeikon IP BV, Eede, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/13 (2006.01); G03G 9/135 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/133 (2013.01); G03G 9/135 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid toner dispersion provided with marking particles comprising a pigment and a polyester based resin. The dispersion includes a nonpolar organic solvent and a hyperdispersant including a graft copolymer provided with an anchor group including an amine-functionalized polymer onto which at least one stabilizing group is grafted. The stabilizing group includes a hydroxylated fatty acid oligomer. The amine-functionalized polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol.