Patents Examined by Manish S. Shah
  • Pretreatment solution for inkjet recording, inkjet recording apparatus, and image forming method
    Patent number: 10906332
    Abstract: A pretreatment solution for inkjet recording contains a photoacid generator that generates sulfonic acid through light exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Katsuki Osanishi
  • Ink jet recording method, ultraviolet curable ink, and ink jet recording apparatus
    Patent number: 10894430
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording method including: discharging first ultraviolet curable ink of a radical polymerization reaction type which contains a radical photopolymerization initiator and a radical polymerization compound and in which transmittance at a wavelength of 395 nm is equal to or less than 1%, onto a recording medium; and curing the first ultraviolet curable ink which is landed on the recording medium by irradiating the ink with ultraviolet light, in which a light source which initially emits the ultraviolet light in the curing of the ink is an ultraviolet light emitting diode in which peak intensity of the irradiated ultraviolet light is equal to or more than 800 mW/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mikito Nakajima, Keitaro Nakano, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
  • Image printing method
    Patent number: 10889116
    Abstract: An image printing method includes the step of applying at least two inks that contain a color pigment, resin particles, and water onto a printing medium by ejecting the inks using an inkjet printing apparatus. The inkjet printing apparatus includes at least two printing heads sequentially arranged in a printing medium conveying direction, the printing medium is normal paper or a high-absorbency printing medium, a rub fastness additive is contained in a first ink ejected from at least a first printing head that is located at an uppermost-stream position in the printing medium conveying direction of the at least two printing heads, and the content of the rub fastness additive in an ink ejected from a printing head that is located at a position downstream of the first printing head in the printing medium conveying direction is less than the content of the rub fastness additive in the first ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu Aotani, Masahiro Terada, Hidetaka Kawamura, Akihiro Taya, Yohei Masada, Masanobu Ootsuka, Shoji Koike, Yutaka Yoshimasa
  • Inkjet receptive compositions and methods therefor
    Patent number: 10882326
    Abstract: An inkjet receptive composition for use on glossy paper substrates may include a polymer binder, a multivalent salt, a pigment, a surfactant, a defoamer, and water. The polymer may be a polyurethane dispersion. The multivalent salt may be calcium chloride, and the water may be present in an amount greater than about 40 wt %. The inkjet receptive composition may have a viscosity in the range of about 3 and about 500 cP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventors: Tom N. Huang, Edgardo Lopez, Lawrence A. Pilon
  • Printing apparatus and printing method
    Patent number: 10875341
    Abstract: A printing apparatus is provided that effectively prevents the risk of ink bleeding so as to obtain a high-quality print result. The printing apparatus includes an inkjet head that ejects droplets of ink using inkjet technique so as to adhere the ink to the medium, and an ultraviolet light source that radiates ultraviolet light. The ink contains a colorant, an ultraviolet absorbent, a resin, and an aqueous solvent that emulsifies or suspends the resin. The ultraviolet light source irradiates the ink adhered to the medium with ultraviolet light to heat the ink to a temperature lower than a boiling point of the ink and high enough to prevent the ink from bleeding, so that the aqueous solvent is at least in part volatilized and removed from the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu Shinohara, Takashi Namiki
  • Electron beam curable inkjet formulations with improved chemical resistance
    Patent number: 10864753
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for printing energy curable ink and coating compositions comprising high amounts of monofunctional monomers that exhibit both good adhesion to plastic substrates, and good solvent resistance. The method of the present invention employs electron beam curing of the ink and coating compositions, at accelerating voltages greater than or equal to 70 keV, and electron beam doses greater than or equal to 30 kGy, and preferably greater than or equal to 40 kGy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Anthony Hall, Derek Ronald Illsley
  • Image recording method, ink, and liquid composition
    Patent number: 10864748
    Abstract: An image recording method including the steps of applying an ink containing a coloring material and anionic resin particles to a recording medium, and applying a liquid composition to the recording medium so as to at least partly overlap with an area where the ink is applied, the liquid composition destabilizing a dispersion state of the coloring material or of the anionic resin particles in the ink. The ink contains a trihydric or higher polyhydric alcohol compound having a group formed by substituting a hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group by a structure represented by —Rn—H, where R is an alkyleneoxy group including an ethyleneoxy group, and the number of Rs per molecule is 40 or more and 120 or less when the polyhydric alcohol is a trihydric alcohol and is 12 or more and 400 or less when the polyhydric alcohol is a tetrahydric or higher polyhydric alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Imai, Mamiko Kaji
  • Printing systems
    Patent number: 10857815
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to printing systems. In one example, a printing system can include an inkjet print head and a plasma generator. The inkjet print head can be used to form a printed image on a media substrate. The plasma generator can be positioned with respect to the inkjet print head to treat the printed image after application to the media substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: James P. Shields, Yubai Bi
  • Thermal sensor arrangement and method of making the same
    Patent number: 10861738
    Abstract: A method of making a temperature sensor arrangement includes forming a sensor array. The sensor array includes a first transistor of a first device and a plurality of second transistors of a second device different from the first device. The method further includes forming a guard ring region between the sensor array and another circuit of an integrated circuit. The guard ring region includes a transistor structure. The method further includes forming a thermally conductive element between the sensor array and the guard ring region. The thermally conductive element is connected to the transistor structure, the first transistor and each of the plurality of second transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jaw-Juinn Horng, Szu-Lin Liu
  • Ultraviolet curable black ink composition for foldable display and bezel pattern forming method using same
    Patent number: 10858525
    Abstract: An ultraviolet curable black ink composition, a bezel pattern forming method using the same, a bezel pattern produced by the method, and a display substrate including the bezel pattern; are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an ultraviolet curable ink composition includes a black pigment, a dispersant, an epoxy compound, an oxetane compound, a light diffusing agent, a photopolymerization initiator, and an organic solvent. The ultraviolet curable black ink composition is developed to be applied to a cover window film of a foldable display, has excellent light shielding properties and folding properties at a thin thickness, and as a light diffusing agent is applied to the ink, prevents surface wrinkles from generating due to a difference in the curing rate of the upper and power portions of a bezel, by means of UV curing alone without a pretreatment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Jaehyun Yoo, Sungeun Park, Areum Kim, Joonhyung Kim
  • Rub-resistant inkjet composition
    Patent number: 10858528
    Abstract: Provided herein is an ink immobilizing composition that includes colloidal wax particles and a property-adjusting agent, being capable of causing immobilization of a property-sensitive ink composition upon contact therebetween on the surface of a substrate, as well as a process of printing a rub-resistant image, a kit for printing a rub-resistant image, and a substrate having a rub-resistant image printed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Kornit Digital Ltd.
    Inventors: Muhammad Iraqi, Jacob Mozel
  • Maintenance liquid and maintenance method
    Patent number: 10858614
    Abstract: There is provided a maintenance liquid, which is used in maintenance of a device equipped with a discharge head for discharging an ultraviolet ray curable-type composition containing the acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator toward an attachment object, including a polymerizable compound in which a saturation solubility of an acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator at 20° C. is equal to or greater than 5.0% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keitaro Nakano, Chigusa Sato, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
  • Treatment agent for image recording, set including ink and treatment agent for image recording, and recording method
    Patent number: 10857805
    Abstract: A treatment agent for image recording includes a cationic polymer emulsion and a cationic surfactant. A set usable for recording on a fabric includes a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including a colorant and water; and the treatment agent for image recording. A recording method for recording on a fabric by using the set includes: applying the treatment agent for image recording to the fabric; drying the treatment agent for image recording applied to the fabric; and jetting the water-based ink onto the fabric by an ink-jet system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinpei Ito, Yasuhiro Taga
  • Photocurable ink, ink container, and image forming method
    Patent number: 10850531
    Abstract: A photocurable ink contains a polymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, and this ink contains a low boiling point solvent having a boiling point of 40° C. to 120° C. at one atmospheric pressure and at least one particle having a surface on which an unsaturated hydrocarbon group is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kotani, Motokazu Kobayashi, Takeshi Honma, Kaori Kawa, Shiori Yonezawa
  • Fixing agent amount setting method, printing device, and printing method
    Patent number: 10850532
    Abstract: To allow printing through a more appropriate method when carrying out printing using a two-liquid type ink. A fixing agent amount setting method of setting a usage amount of a fixing agent, which is liquid for fixing an ink, which is a colored ink, on a medium, where a fixing agent density, which is an amount of the fixing agent to eject per unit area is made to correspond with a colored ink density, which is an amount of the ink to eject per unit area, and set to a value smaller than or equal to an upper limit value of a fixing agent density corresponding to a maximum fixing agent density at which color unevenness does not occur on the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Misaki Watanabe
  • Wearable device with combined sensing capabilities
    Patent number: 10852192
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a wearable device with combined sensing capabilities, which includes a wearable assembly and at least one multi-function sensor module. The wearable assembly is suitable to be worn on a part of a user's body. The wearable assembly includes at least one light-transmissible window. The multi-function sensor module is located inside the wearable assembly, for performing an image sensing function and an infrared temperature sensing function. The multi-function sensor module includes an image sensor module for sensing a physical or a biological feature of an object through the light-transmissible window by way of image sensing; and an infrared temperature sensor module for sensing temperature through the light-transmissible window by way of infrared temperature sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Sun, Ming-Han Tsai
  • Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus
    Patent number: 10843483
    Abstract: A ink jet recording method, which uses an ink jet recording apparatus including: first and second inks each containing a coloring material; and a recording head having an ejection orifice surface in which a first ejection orifice array for ejecting the first ink and a second ejection orifice array for ejecting the second ink are formed, the first and second ejection orifice arrays being sequentially arranged from the bottom in the direction of gravity to be adjacent to each other and at least partially overlap each other, includes recording, wherein at least one of the first and second inks contains a resin, and a content of the resin in the second ink is smaller than a content of the resin in the first ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideyuki Saito, Kouhei Nakagawa, Yoshihide Aikawa, Minako Kawabe
  • Inkjet process for three-dimensional relief on tiles
    Patent number: 10836195
    Abstract: A technique is described for the application of three-dimensional (3D) relief to a substrate such as a ceramic tile using digital inkjet technology. In an example embodiment, the introduced technique includes application of binder ink to a portion of the surface of a substrate using a digital inkjet process. This binder ink forms a barrier layer which protects the portion of the surface of the substrate. Next, a brushing process is applied to remove unprotected portions of the substrate, thereby forming the 3D relief in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Zavada, Matthew Tennis, David Weber, Alexander Meranto, Carlos Carratalá, Fernando Tomás Badenes, Louis Justus Fage, Ursula Good, Paul Andrew Edwards, Robert Roggers, John Hansen
  • Inkjet ink set
    Patent number: 10829658
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to an inkjet ink set including a black ink with a black pigment, a yellow ink with a yellow pigment, a cyan ink with a cyan pigment and a magenta ink with a magenta pigment, wherein at least one of the ink further contains a polyurethane binder; non-ionic surfactants; humectant solvent; non-volatile glycol ether co-solvent; a polyethylene wax emulsion and a balance of water. The inkjet ink set can also includes an orange ink, a green ink and/or a violet ink. The present disclosure refers also to a system for printing the ink set described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alireza Rahimi, George Sarkisian, Yi-Hua Tsao, Benjamin Abelovski, Gregg A. Lane, Tienteh Chen, Or Brandstein, Jun Yang, Olakemi Akinlabi
  • Ink, set of ink and substrate, ink-jet printing method, ink-jet printer, and print
    Patent number: 10829655
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including water, organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the ink is used in a printing method including applying the ink onto a substrate including a resin to print, and the organic solvents include a compound, a diol compound including 3 or 4 carbon atoms, and 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, where the compound has a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and an absolute value of a difference between Fh of the compound represented by Mathematical Formula 1 and Fh of the resin in the substrate represented by Mathematical Formula 1 is 5% or less, Fh(%)=[?H/(?D+?P+?H)]×100??<Mathematical Formula 1> where, in Mathematical Formula 1, ?H is a hydrogen bond term of the Hansen solubility parameter, ?D is a dispersion term of the Hansen solubility parameter, and ?P is a polarity term of the Hansen solubility parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kido, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yukihiro Imanaga