Odor Masked, Odor Reduced, Or Perfumed Patents (Class 106/31.02)
  • Patent number: 10537497
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kenji Kiyose
  • Patent number: 9578948
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: AVON PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Maha Raouf, Jeanine Weigman-Smith
  • Publication number: 20150136150
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: OP-MARKS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Bruce Lober, Ian Askill
  • Publication number: 20140349044
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: KA AROMA MARKETING OY
    Inventors: Janne Jarvenpaa, Juha Pippuri
  • Patent number: 8557262
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Gary Bernard Womack, Robert Langley Fuller, Glenn Paul Johannes Verhovnik, Nathalie Pinel, Magali Lateulere, Marie Buy
  • Publication number: 20080225063
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Eytan Cohen, Amir Shapira, Efrat Soroker, Or Brandstein, Richard Power, Guy Peled, Ifat Zarski
  • Patent number: 7074264
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Spuni Comércio de Produtos Esportivos E Marketing Ltda.
    Inventor: Heine Allemagne Vilarinho Dias
  • Patent number: 6893488
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Armor Holdings Forensics, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas C. Arndt
  • Patent number: 6838492
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Scentco, LLC.
    Inventors: Robert Maleeny, Doug Vick, James Kinney, David Ziser, Richard Laky
  • Patent number: 6776829
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Miyamoto, Tadashi Kamagata, Yoji Takeuchi, Shigeru Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20040055504
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Brian Craig Lee, Kevin G. Currans
  • Patent number: 6706099
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Benq Corporation
    Inventors: In-Shan Sir, Yu-Chang Shen, Chia-Hsin Chien, Yu-Ting Lin
  • Patent number: 6706098
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Benq Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Jing Leu, In-Shan Sir, Yu-Chang Shen, Chia-Hsin Chien
  • Patent number: 6669740
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl Siemensmeyer, Bernd Siegel, Volker Bach, Manfred Herrmann, Günther König, Rüdiger Sens
  • Patent number: 6656256
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Richard B. Moreland
  • Patent number: 6648950
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian Craig Lee, Kevin G. Currans
  • Publication number: 20030201901
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: William T. Yost, Daniel F. Perey, K. Elliott Cramer
  • Publication number: 20030196568
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Masaru Miyamoto, Tadashi Kamagata, Yoji Takeuchi, Shigeru Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 6605143
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoji Takeuchi, Shigeru Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20030094117
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: In-Shan Sir, Yu-Chang Shen, Chia-Hsin Chien, Yu-Ting Lin
  • Patent number: 6554890
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Miyamoto, Tadashi Kamagata
  • Publication number: 20030005853
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Yi-Jing Leu, In-Shan Sir, Yu-Chang Shen, Chia-Hsin Chien
  • Patent number: 6488750
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Armor Holdings Forensics Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas C. Arndt
  • Publication number: 20020174800
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: NCR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Richard B. Moreland
  • Patent number: 6471759
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Miyamoto, Tadashi Kamagata
  • Patent number: 6454842
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: BCM Inks USA Incorporated
    Inventors: Theodore G. Vernardakis, Natan Nasilevich
  • Patent number: 6261347
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Richard B. Moreland
  • Patent number: 6180692
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Randall R. Bridgeman, Donald R. Titterington, Clifford R. King, Jeffery H. Banning