Odor Masked, Odor Reduced, Or Perfumed Patents (Class 106/31.02)
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Patent number: 10537497Abstract: An inkjet recording device includes an image forming section and a controller. The image forming section includes a recording head, and forms an image on a package of medication. The controller includes a first determining section and an applying section. The first determining section determines a scent indicating a person taking medication. The applying section applies the scent determined by the first determining section to the package of the medication.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Kenji Kiyose
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Patent number: 9578948Abstract: The invention relates generally to nail strips that may be adhered to human finger and toe nails. The strips are provided in the form of a sheet having a plurality of cutout strips in the general shape of a nail which may be peeled from the sheet. The nail strips may be decorated by printing user-created or selected designs using a home printer. The size and/or shape of the nail strips may be adjusted by selecting and detaching an appropriate perforated edge from the sheet backing.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: AVON PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Maha Raouf, Jeanine Weigman-Smith
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Publication number: 20150136150Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions of durable skin marking compositions that remains legible and visible on the skin after being treated with an aqueous, alcohol-based solution. The skin marking composition of the present invention includes a cyanoacrylate component, a solvent, and a colorant. The composition can further comprise one or more of viscosity modifiers/thickening agents, stabilizers, plasticizers, formaldehyde scavengers, polymerization accelerators, perfumes, adhesion promoters, and antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, or anti-microbial agents. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: OP-MARKS, INC.Inventors: Stephen Bruce Lober, Ian Askill
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Publication number: 20140349044Abstract: The invention relates to a scented preparation that comprises a scented compound, as well as to a method for its manufacture. The invention relates also to a method for manufacturing a product comprising scented-compound, as well as to the use of such a product. The scented preparation according to the invention comprises at least one scented compound and a carrier, as well as a binder for blending and bonding the scented compound and the carrier with and to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: KA AROMA MARKETING OYInventors: Janne Jarvenpaa, Juha Pippuri
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Patent number: 8557262Abstract: The present invention provides divinyl ether derivatives capable of releasing in a controlled manner at least one active aldehyde and/or ketone into the surrounding environment. The invention relates to the use of these divinyl ether derivatives as perfuming or flavoring ingredients, as well as to the perfuming compositions and consumer articles containing them.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Firmenich SAInventors: Gary Bernard Womack, Robert Langley Fuller, Glenn Paul Johannes Verhovnik, Nathalie Pinel, Magali Lateulere, Marie Buy
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Publication number: 20080225063Abstract: The present invention is drawn to photo-curable ink-jet ink compositions, systems, and methods. One exemplary ink-jet ink composition includes a liquid vehicle, a milled pigment which has been milled in a milling solvent having minimal to no gas solvency for the milled pigment, and a photo initiator. In this embodiment, the composition can be ink-jettable at frequencies of at least 29 KHz without requiring degassing during printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2007Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventors: Eytan Cohen, Amir Shapira, Efrat Soroker, Or Brandstein, Richard Power, Guy Peled, Ifat Zarski
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Patent number: 7074264Abstract: A foaming composition to temporarily mark and delimit regulation distances on courts and fields of sports that is suitable for use in sport matches and competitions and a process for using it in which it is required to momentarily delimit distances by means of a quick application without any injuries to the place where the competition is occurring, ensuring compliment with the rules and conditions of the matches, and avoiding any doubts or discussions related to the placing of the competitors concerning the minimal distances to be respected.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2001Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Spuni Comércio de Produtos Esportivos E Marketing Ltda.Inventor: Heine Allemagne Vilarinho Dias
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Patent number: 6893488Abstract: A printing compound suitable for recording unique surface characteristics of an object such as a person's finger, palm or foot, tire tread or shoe sole, on a porous medium such as paper, is composed of (1) a composition, e.g., printer's ink, capable of delineating such surface characteristics when transferred to the porous medium by itself or in conjunction with a separate reagent and (2) a sufficient amount of water dispersable nonionic surfactant to render the composition substantially soluble in water without adversely affecting the ability of the composition to delineate the surface characteristics when transferred to the porous medium.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Armor Holdings Forensics, Inc.Inventor: Douglas C. Arndt
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Patent number: 6838492Abstract: Disclosed are paint scenting additive mixtures formulated to be introduced into paint compositions as a stable dispersion therein to produce a scented paint which provides a pleasant and long-lasting fragrance or aroma in an ambient surrounding where the scented paint is applied as well as processes for producing scented paints utilizing such additive mixtures and the scented products produced therewith.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2002Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Scentco, LLC.Inventors: Robert Maleeny, Doug Vick, James Kinney, David Ziser, Richard Laky
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Patent number: 6776829Abstract: Provided is a water based ink composition for a writing instrument comprising at least one of nonionic surfactants comprising polyhydric alcohol fatty acid esters, ethylene oxide adducts of polyhydric alcohol fatty acid esters, ethylene oxide adducts of higher alcohols and alkylphenols, ethylene oxide and propylene oxide adducts of higher alcohols, ethylene oxide adducts of castor oil or hardened castor oil, ethylene oxide adducts of hardened castor oil fatty acid esters and ethylene oxide adducts of higher alkylamines and fatty acid amides and further comprising a colorant, a perfume and water. It is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and has durability of fragrance, in which a perfume is dispersed and retained in an aqueous medium in a stable state.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaru Miyamoto, Tadashi Kamagata, Yoji Takeuchi, Shigeru Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20040055504Abstract: The present invention is drawn to odor-releasing ink-jet inks and methods for releasing odors from printed images. The ink-jet ink comprises an ink vehicle; an effective amount of an electro-thermal material dispersed within the ink vehicle; and an effective amount of an odor-releasing additive within the ink vehicle wherein an odorant is releasable from the odor-releasing additive upon substantial activation of the electro-thermal material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Inventors: Brian Craig Lee, Kevin G. Currans
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Patent number: 6706099Abstract: A composition of a fragrant ink, at least comprising a microcapsule compound, a colorant, a media, a dispersing agent, and an emulsifier, and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The microcapsule compound encapsulates a fragrant agent for providing the fragrant ink with fragrance. The colorant provides the fragrant ink with at least one color. The media is used as a solvent. The dispersing agent is for evenly dispersing the microcapsule compound in the media. The emulsifier emulsifies the fragrant agent released from the microcapsule compound and evenly disperses the fragrant agent in the media.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Benq CorporationInventors: In-Shan Sir, Yu-Chang Shen, Chia-Hsin Chien, Yu-Ting Lin
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Patent number: 6706098Abstract: A fragrant ink-jet ink including: a fragrant agent, a surfactant, wherein a boiling point of the surfactant is above 78° C. and a Hydrophilic Lipophilic Balance (HLB) of the surfactant is in a range of about 5 to 16, a colorant, and a solvent. The fragrant agent can be a natural fragrant agent, a synthetic fragrant agent or a mixture thereof. The amount of the fragrant agent is about 0.01 wt % to 10.0 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Benq CorporationInventors: Yi-Jing Leu, In-Shan Sir, Yu-Chang Shen, Chia-Hsin Chien
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Patent number: 6669740Abstract: Dye preparations comprising, based in each case on the weight of the preparation, from 0.1 to 30% by weight of one or more dyes from the class of the mono- or polyazo dyes containing no acidic groups, from 0.1 to 20% by weight of a dispersant based on an arylsulfonic acid-formaldehyde condensate or from 0.1 to 20% by weight of a water-soluble dispersant based on alkoxylated phenols with or without water, and their use as inks in the inkjet process and for textile sublimation transfer printing.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Karl Siemensmeyer, Bernd Siegel, Volker Bach, Manfred Herrmann, Günther König, Rüdiger Sens
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Patent number: 6656256Abstract: A scented ink composition suitable for use in ink jet printing which generates aromas during printing and produces scented printed articles such as greeting cards.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: Richard B. Moreland
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Patent number: 6648950Abstract: The present invention is drawn to odor-releasing ink-jet inks and methods for releasing odors from printed images. The ink-jet ink comprises an ink vehicle; an effective amount of an electro-thermal material dispersed within the ink vehicle; and an effective amount of an odor-releasing additive within the ink vehicle wherein an odorant is releasable from the odor-releasing additive upon substantial activation of the electro-thermal material.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2001Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Brian Craig Lee, Kevin G. Currans
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Publication number: 20030201901Abstract: A method is provided for marking electrical wiring with condition indicators. One or more markers are added to one or both of the insulative material and a surface of an electrical conductor such that it bonds thereto. Each marker is capable of emanating into a surrounding atmospheric environment as a gaseous effluent in response to a specific condition experienced by the electrical conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicant: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventors: William T. Yost, Daniel F. Perey, K. Elliott Cramer
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Publication number: 20030196568Abstract: Provided is a water based ink composition for a writing instrument comprising at least one of nonionic surfactants comprising polyhydric alcohol fatty acid esters, ethylene oxide adducts of polyhydric alcohol fatty acid esters, ethylene oxide adducts of higher alcohols and alkylphenols, ethylene oxide and propylene oxide adducts of higher alcohols, ethylene oxide adducts of castor oil or hardened castor oil, ethylene oxide adducts of hardened castor oil fatty acid esters and ethylene oxide adducts of higher alkylamines and fatty acid amides and further comprising a colorant, a perfume and water. It is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and has durability of fragrance, in which a perfume is dispersed and retained in an aqueous medium in a stable state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2002Publication date: October 23, 2003Inventors: Masaru Miyamoto, Tadashi Kamagata, Yoji Takeuchi, Shigeru Miyazaki
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Patent number: 6605143Abstract: A water based ink composition for a writing instrument containing an N-acylglutamic acid ester and further containing a colorant, a perfume and water, which is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and in which a perfume is dispersed and retained in an aqueous medium in a stable state and the fragrance lasts long.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2001Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoji Takeuchi, Shigeru Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20030094117Abstract: A composition of a fragrant ink, at least comprising a microcapsule compound, a colorant, a media, a dispersing agent, and an emulsifier, and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The microcapsule compound encapsulates a fragrant agent for providing the fragrant ink with fragrance. The colorant provides the fragrant ink with at least one color. The media is used as a solvent. The dispersing agent is for evenly dispersing the microcapsule compound in the media. The emulsifier emulsifies the fragrant agent released from the microcapsule compound and evenly disperses the fragrant agent in the media.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: In-Shan Sir, Yu-Chang Shen, Chia-Hsin Chien, Yu-Ting Lin
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Patent number: 6554890Abstract: A water based ink composition for a writing instrument containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphate and salts thereof and further containing a colorant, a perfume and water, which is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and in which a perfume is dispersed and retained in an aqueous medium in a stable state and the fragrance lasts long.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2001Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaru Miyamoto, Tadashi Kamagata
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Publication number: 20030005853Abstract: A fragrant ink-jet ink including: a fragrant agent, a surfactant, wherein a boiling point of the surfactant is above 78° C. and a Hydrophilic Lipophilic Balance (HLB) of the surfactant is in a range of about 5 to 16, a colorant, and a solvent. The fragrant agent can be a natural fragrant agent, a synthetic fragrant agent or a mixture thereof. The amount of the fragrant agent is about 0.01 wt % to 10.0 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Inventors: Yi-Jing Leu, In-Shan Sir, Yu-Chang Shen, Chia-Hsin Chien
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Patent number: 6488750Abstract: An inkless fingerprint compound includes a solvent, a color former, such as a transistion metal salt, compatible with the solvent and a developer such as hydroxiquinoline and derivatives, the developer capable of reacting with the color former to form a colorant product, preferably black in color. A sufficient amount of a chelating agent, such as a carboxylic acid, is added to the solution to prevent the color former and developer from reacting while in solution to form the colorant product while permitting such reaction when the solution is applied to the fingerprint area of the person to be fingerprinted and deposited onto a paper substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2001Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Armor Holdings Forensics Inc.Inventor: Douglas C. Arndt
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Publication number: 20020174800Abstract: A scented ink composition suitable for use in ink jet printing which generates aromas during printing and produces scented printed articles such as greeting cards.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2001Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: NCR CORPORATIONInventor: Richard B. Moreland
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Patent number: 6471759Abstract: A water based ink composition for a writing instrument containing a lecithin derivative and further containing a colorant, a perfume and water, which is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and in which a perfume is dispersed and retained in an aqueous medium in a stable state and the fragrance lasts long.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2001Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaru Miyamoto, Tadashi Kamagata
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Patent number: 6454842Abstract: A method of preparing a scented ink composition comprising the steps of first preparing a mixture which includes a polymer component consisting of a water soluble polymer selected form the group consisting of acrylic, styrene-maleic anhydride, sulfonated polyester, polyamide, and polyurethene. A color component which is selected from the group consisting of a pigment and a dye, and a solvent component comprising water are also provided. The mixture is then agitated. An oil-based fragrance is then blended into this mixture to produce a scented mixture and is then agitated. A microemulsion of the oil-based fragrance in water is created, wherein the resin stabilizes the microdroplets of the oil-based fragrance by coating the microdroplets. Preferably, the microdroplets of the oil-based fragrance have a diameter of from about 0.1 to about 1.0 micrometers.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2001Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: BCM Inks USA IncorporatedInventors: Theodore G. Vernardakis, Natan Nasilevich
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Patent number: 6261347Abstract: A scented ink composition suitable for use in ink jet printing which generates aromas during printing and produces scented printed articles such as greeting cards.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1998Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: Richard B. Moreland
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Patent number: 6180692Abstract: Phase change carrier ink compositions made from the combination of at least one urethane resin; at least one urethane/urea resin; at least one mono-amide; and at least one organoleptic maskant constituent are disclosed. The order of addition of the reactants to form the reactant product urethane resin and urethane/urea resin permits the tailoring or design engineering of desired properties.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1998Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Randall R. Bridgeman, Donald R. Titterington, Clifford R. King, Jeffery H. Banning