Five-ring Members In The Heterocyclic Ring Patents (Class 106/31.49)
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Patent number: 10544320Abstract: An ink composition that offers a recorded image having rubfastness and having high quality without causing a mottling phenomenon, an inkjet recording method using the same, and a colored article. The ink composition includes a compound represented by the following formula (1): a colorant, a dispersant, and a C4-C12 alkanediol, in which the content of the compound represented by formula (1) is 0.1 to 5% by mass. In the formula (1), R1 represents a hydroxy group or the like, R2 represents an alkyl group or the like, R3 represents an alkyl group or the like, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and R5 represents an alkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Maiko Iuchi, Akira Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 9944807Abstract: There is provided an ink composition, including: a dye (M-2); a dye (Y-1); an alkylene oxide adduct of acetylene glycol having a main chain of 12 or more carbon atoms; acetylene glycol having a main chain of 10 or more carbon atoms; and a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, in which the content ratio A of the dye (M-2) and the dye (Y-1) (the dye (M-2):the dye (Y-1)) is 1.25:1 to 4.75:1.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ryosuke Teramoto, Hiromi Ohori, Yuho Miyake
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Patent number: 9574048Abstract: The invention provides water-soluble compounds that include a polymer and at least one terminal azide or acetylene moiety. Also provided are highly efficient methods for the selective modification of proteins with PEG derivatives, which involves the selective incorporation of non-genetically encoded amino acids, e.g., those amino acids containing an azide or acetylene moiety, into proteins in response to a selector codon and the subsequent modification of those amino acids with a suitably reactive PEG derivative.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Ambrx, Inc.Inventor: Troy E. Wilson
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Patent number: 9540532Abstract: An ink composition comprising: a) 0.2 to 20 parts of one or more glycols selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol or dipropylene glycol; b) 30 to 50 parts of glycerol; c) 0.5 to 10 parts of 2-pyrrolidone; d) 0.5 to 9 parts of colorant; e) 30 to 70 parts of water; f) 0 to 3 parts of surfactant; g) 0 to 5 parts biocide; wherein all parts are by weight. Also ink-sets, printing processes and printed material.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: FUJIFILM Imaging Colorants, Inc.Inventors: Philip Double, Janette Cordwell, Marie Holmes, Ajay Popat
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Patent number: 9528014Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a coloring composition comprising, for example, a compound (1A), for example, a compound (2B), and at least one preservative.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Yoshihiko Fujie
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Patent number: 9441127Abstract: A polymerizable composition includes: a polymer compound; a polymerization initiator; and a polymerizable compound. The polymer compound contains at least one of a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (1) or a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (2). An ink composition for ink-jet recording includes the polymerizable composition. A method of ink jet recording and a printed article use the ink composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Shota Suzuki
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Patent number: 9004663Abstract: An inkjet printing method includes, in order, the steps of a) providing to an inkjet printer at least two or more colorless liquids having a different composition and at least one color inkjet ink; b) mixing the color inkjet ink in a controlled amount with the two or more colorless liquids; and c) printing the ink-mixture of the color inkjet ink and the two or more colorless liquids with the inkjet printer onto an ink-receiver.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Agfa Graphics NVInventors: Etienne Van Thillo, Frank De Voeght
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Patent number: 8992674Abstract: An ink containing a first coloring material and a second coloring material, the sum total of these contents being 6.0% by mass or less. The first coloring material is a black coloring material exhibiting a difference ??max1 of 20.0 or more between a maximum absorption wavelength in a 20.0% by mass aqueous solution of 1,2-hexanediol and a maximum absorption wavelength in water, the second coloring material is a specific coloring material exhibiting a difference ??max2 of 12.0 or less between a maximum absorption wavelength in a 20.0% by mass aqueous solution of 1,2-hexanediol and a maximum absorption wavelength in water, and the sum of the ??max1 and the ??max2 is 35.0 or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayuki Ikegami, Masashi Ogasawara, Tetsu Iwata, Takashi Saito, Masashi Tsujimura, Yojiro Kojima
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Patent number: 8979988Abstract: A dye ink set for ink jet recording, which has a wide color gamut, particularly for the hue range of magenta, blue, and cyan, and which has good ejection stability properties. The ink set includes ink compositions of two colors, a magenta ink composition and a cyan ink composition which contain a dye, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, and the magenta ink composition contains a compound represented by formula (1) below or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinsuke Shimizu, Tadahiko Tabe, Yoshiki Akatani
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INK-JET RECORDING INK SET, RECORDING HEAD, INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INK-JET RECORDING METHOD
Publication number: 20150070449Abstract: An ink-jet recording ink set includes: an ink (I) containing a dye D1, a compound C1 represented by the following formula and having a U+V of S1, and water; and an ink (II) containing a dye D2, a compound C2 represented by the following formula and having a U+V of S2, and water in which in case that a surface tension ?L1 (mN/m) of an evaluation liquid L1 obtained by adding, to a 5 mass % aqueous solution of the dye D1, a compound C3 in an amount corresponding to 1 mass % of the aqueous solution, and a surface tension ?L2 (mN/m) of an evaluation liquid L2 obtained by adding, to a 5 mass % aqueous solution of the dye D2, the compound C3 in an amount corresponding to 1 mass % of the aqueous solution satisfy a relationship of ?L1??L2?10 (mN/m), the S1 and the S2 satisfy a relationship of 2?S2?S1?7.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Eriko Himura, Takahiro Tsutsui, Yuusuke Sumikawa -
Patent number: 8961674Abstract: An inkjet ink is provided. The inkjet ink includes water; a water-soluble organic material in an amount of from 40 to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the inkjet ink; and a colorant. The water-soluble organic material includes at least one of 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone, ?-methoxy-N,N-dimethylpropionamide, and 2-pyrrolidone in an amount of from 5 to 35% by weight based on the total weight of the inkjet ink, and further includes a compound having the following formula (1) in an amount of from 10 to 40% by weight based on the total weight of the inkjet ink.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hidetoshi Fujii, Hiroshi Gotou
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Publication number: 20150050466Abstract: The invention relates to azo dyes of desulfo-K-acid [CA: 35400-55-6], their salts, a method for the preparation of these dyes, or salts thereof, a liquid phase comprising at least one of these dyes, a method for applying the liquid phase on a substrate, a printed matter and the use of these dyes in water-based inks for inkjet printing, in writing utensil or dyeing solutions for manufacturing color filters for optical and opto-electronic applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: Ilford Imaging Switzerland GMBHInventors: Kurt Battig, Damien Moigno
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Publication number: 20150015641Abstract: An inkjet ink includes: an ink vehicle; a colorant; and an acetylenic compound having an alkoxylated hydroxyl group, wherein the hydroxyl group is a primary or secondary hydroxyl group and the acetylenic compound is absent a lipophilic group. Printheads having resistive heater elements exposed to such inks have prolonged lifetimes compared to reference inks.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Simon Fielder, Michele Gimona, Christopher Barton
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Publication number: 20140238264Abstract: There is provided a coloring composition and an ink for inkjet recording which have an excellent ozone fastness and a high print density and is excellent in storage stability over time, and one example of the coloring composition is a coloring composition contains a compound (1A) and a compound (2B):Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yoshihiko FUJIE, Prakash PATEL, Clive Edwin FOSTER, Keiichi TATEISHI
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Patent number: 8808439Abstract: A water-soluble phthalocyanine dye or naphthalocyanine dye with near-infrared absorption comprises at least one complexed unit. Each unit comprises a phthalocyanine or a naphthalocyanine moiety and a metal atom complexed thereto and having a valency of at least three, with two valencies complexed to the phthalocynanine ring or the naphthalocyanine ring, each unit joined to another through a fused ring, at least one valency attached to water-soluble axial ligands. The dyes to may be employed in inkjet inks in conjunction with colorants.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Jayprakash Bhatt
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Patent number: 8795422Abstract: The present disclosure includes naphthalocyanine dyes or fused naphthalocyanine dyes represented by one of the general structures I to XV; inkjet ink formulations including the naphthalocyanine dyes; and a detection system (300) including the dyes.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Jayprakash C. Bhatt
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Patent number: 8784548Abstract: A water-soluble phthalocyanine dye or naphthalocyanine dye with near-infrared absorption comprises at least one complexed unit. Each unit comprises a phthalocyanine or a naphthalocyanine moiety and, optionally, a metal atom complexed thereto and, if present, having a valency of from 1 to 5, with two valencies complexed to the phthalocyanine ring or the naphthalocyanine ring. Each unit has two linker moieties on opposite sides or adjacent sides of the unit, wherein water-soluble groups are present on at least one of the linkers, on the metal atom, and optionally on the phthalocyanine or naphthalocyanine moiety.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Jayprakash Bhatt
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Patent number: 8778071Abstract: An inkjet ink set including at least a black ink, a cyan ink, a magenta ink, and a yellow ink. Each of the inks includes at least a water-soluble dye, water and a water-soluble solvent including a specific alkoxypropionamide compound. The cyan, magenta and yellow inks has a S/W ratio of not less than 1.5 and not greater than 3.5, wherein S represents the content of the water-soluble solvent in each ink, and W represents the content of water in each ink, and the black ink has a S/W ratio of not less than 1.0 and less than 1.5, wherein S represents the content of the water-soluble solvent in the black ink, and W represents the content of water in the black ink.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Hiroshi Gotou
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Patent number: 8778073Abstract: A phthalocyanine dye with extended conjugation includes one or both of a phthalocyanine component and a naphthalocyanine component and at least one water soluble substituent on an aryl group of the phthalocyanine dye. The extended conjugation of the phthalocyanine dye includes at least one benzene moiety of the component being one of (a) joined to an aryl group either indirectly using an alkylene linkage or directly, (b) joined to a benzene moiety of another of the components to form an oligomer of the components, and (c) a combination of (a) and (b). The extended conjugation shifts absorption of the phthalocyanine dye to greater than 800 nm.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Zhang-Lin Zhou, Jayprakash C. Bhatt
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Patent number: 8764896Abstract: To provide an aqueous ink for a liquid jetting device, containing: (A) a fluorosurfactant; and (B) N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone, wherein an alkyl group contained in the (B) N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone is a C4-10 alkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Koji Katsuragi
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Patent number: 8758495Abstract: An ink set is provided and includes at least a yellow ink composition, a magenta ink composition, and a cyan ink composition, wherein the yellow ink composition contains as a colorant at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by formula (Y-I) and a salt thereof. where R4 represents a monovalent group; R5 represents —OR6 or —NHR7; each of R6 and R7 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group; X3 represents a divalent linking group; n3 represents 0 or 1; Ar3 represents a divalent heterocyclic group; and Ar4 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a monovalent triazine ring group.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Shinya Ishida
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Publication number: 20140165874Abstract: A thermal ink jet ink composition includes one or more volatile organic solvents, wherein the one or more volatile organic solvents are selected from C1-C4 alcohols, C3-C6 ketones, C3-C6 esters, C4-C8 ethers, and mixtures thereof; one or more binder resins; and one or more dyes. The ink composition is suitable for use in a thermal ink jet printer and the ink composition has a slow rate of kogation such that it is capable of being printed at least 10 million drops per nozzle from the thermal ink jet printer before drop weight of the ink composition is reduced by more than 10%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Casey Robertson, Anthony Selmeczy, John Folkers
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Publication number: 20140146109Abstract: An ink composition is used in an ink jet recording apparatus including a recording head that includes a nozzle plate having a nozzle aperture through which the ink composition is ejected, and a flow channel substrate having a communication hole acting as a flow channel through which the ink composition flows. The nozzle plate and the flow channel substrate are bonded together with an adhesive such that the communication hole communicates with the nozzle aperture. The ink composition contains a coloring material, an acetylene glycol-based surfactant having an HLB value of 9 or less, and at least one of the compounds expressed by general formula (1): R1O—(CH2—CH2—O)n—R2 or general formula (2): (R3)p—N-{L-(COOM)q}r.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Ryosuke Teramoto
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Patent number: 8721781Abstract: An ink composition includes a cyclic saccharide and hydantoin or a derivative thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shuichi Koganehira, Shinichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8709696Abstract: A curable sublimation marking material including at least one curable component and at least one sublimation colorant. Also disclosed is a transfer printing method including applying a curable sublimation marking material in a desired pattern onto a transfer substrate to form an image on the transfer substrate at a first temperature which is below the sublimation temperature of the sublimation colorant; wherein the curable sublimation marking material comprises at least one curable component and at least one sublimation colorant; curing the image on the transfer substrate; and optionally, bringing the transfer substrate into contact with a final image-receiving substrate, optionally applying pressure, and heating to a second temperature which is sufficient to cause the sublimation colorant to sublime and form a permanent image on the final image-receiving substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Yulin Wang, Ke Zhou, Tie Hwee Ng, Marko Saban
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Patent number: 8702854Abstract: Azaphthalocyanine compounds of Formula (1) and salts thereof: wherein: MAzPc represents a azaphthalocyanine nucleus of formula (A): M is 2H, Cu or Ni; each P is independently CH or N; R1, R2 are independently H or optionally substituted alkyl; R3 is optionally substituted hydrocarbyl; y is greater than 0 and less than 4; z is greater than 0 and less than 4; and the sum of y+z is in the range of from 1 to 4; 15 provided that at least one P is N in any one of the four component rings of the azaphthalocyanine nucleus. Also compositions, inks, printing processes, printed materials and ink-jet cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Prakash Patel, Toshiki Fujiwara
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Patent number: 8685154Abstract: The methods and compositions of the present invention provide an ink jet ink having a colorant, an aqueous vehicle, and water stable and water soluble phthalocyanine and/or naphthalocyanine dye chromophores.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Zhang-Lin Zhou, Jayprakash C. Bhatt
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Publication number: 20140063157Abstract: An ink containing a first coloring material and a second coloring material, the sum total of these contents being 6.0% by mass or less. The first coloring material is a black coloring material exhibiting a difference ??max1 of 20.0 or more between a maximum absorption wavelength in a 20.0% by mass aqueous solution of 1,2-hexanediol and a maximum absorption wavelength in water, the second coloring material is a specific coloring material exhibiting a difference ??max2 of 12.0 or less between a maximum absorption wavelength in a 20.0% by mass aqueous solution of 1,2-hexanediol and a maximum absorption wavelength in water, and the sum of the ??max1 and the ??max2 is 35.0 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Ikegami, Masashi Ogasawara, Tetsu Iwata, Takashi Saito, Masashi Tsujimura, Yojiro Kojima
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Patent number: 8664037Abstract: Disclosed are a method for forming a metal oxide pattern and a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor using the patterned metal oxide. The method for forming a metal oxide pattern includes: preparing an ink composition including at least one metal oxide precursor or metal oxide nanoparticle, and a solvent; ejecting the ink composition on a substrate to form a pattern on the substrate; and photosintering the formed pattern. Herein, the metal oxide precursor is ionic.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Yong-Won Song, Jae-Min Hong, Jung Ah Lim, Hak-Sung Kim, Seong-Ji Kwon
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Patent number: 8647425Abstract: A process for preparing azaphthalocyanine or metallo-azaphthalocyanine dyes Also novel compounds, inks, printing processes, printed materials (including color filters) and ink-jet cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Fujifilm Imaging Colorants LimitedInventor: Prakash Patel
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Publication number: 20130333591Abstract: A solid ink composition comprising an amorphous component, a crystalline material, and optionally, a colorant, which are suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on coated paper substrates. In embodiments, the solid ink formulation comprises a blend of an amorphous and crystalline components which provides a dye-based solid ink with excellent robustness when forming images or printing on coated paper substrates as well as excellent lightfastness.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Daryl W. Vanbesien, Jennifer L. Belelie, Gabriel Iftime, Corey L. Tracy, Nathan M. Bamsey, Caroline M. Turek, Naveen Chopra, Kentaro Morimitsu
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Patent number: 8608842Abstract: An infrared absorbing composition including a compound that is represented by formula (1) and has solubility of 30 mg/mL or less in toluene at 25° C., an organic solvent having a solubility parameter of from 7.3 to 12.1, and a resin is disclosed. In formula (1), each of R1 to R16 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent group, provided that at least one of R1 to R16 represents an R17—X— group or that the compound represented by formula (1) contains at least one condensed-ring structure in which any adjacent two of R1 to R16 form a ring; X represents —S—, —NH—, —NR18—, or —O—; each of R17 and R18 independently represents an aliphatic group or an aryl group; and M represents two atoms selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms and monovalent metal atoms, or a divalent metal atom, or a divalent substituted metal atom moiety including a trivalent or tetravalent metal atom and a substituent group.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Katsumi Kobayashi, Keizo Kimura
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Water-based ink set for ink-jet recording, ink-jet recording method, and ink-jet recording apparatus
Patent number: 8603232Abstract: There is provided a water-based ink set for ink-jet recording, including: a water-based yellow ink which contains water, a water-soluble organic solvent and a yellow colorant containing a yellow dye (Y-1) and a yellow dye (Y-2) indicated below; a water-based magenta ink which contains water, a water-soluble organic solvent and a magenta colorant containing a magenta dye (M-1) and a magenta dye (M-2) indicated below; a water-based cyan ink which contains water, a water-soluble organic solvent and a cyan colorant containing a cyan dye (C-1) indicated below; and a water-based black ink which contains water, a water-soluble organic solvent and a black colorant containing carbon black.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuka Tsuzaka, Kazuma Goto -
Patent number: 8603235Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink comprising (a) a carbon black pigment, (b) a bis-urethane, and (c) a phase change ink carrier, said carrier comprising (i) a branched triamide and (ii) a Fischer-Tropsch wax having an average peak molecular weight of from about 300 to about 800 and a polydispersity of from about 1.001 to about 3.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Raymond W Wong, Bo Wu, Christopher A Wagner
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Publication number: 20130321895Abstract: An electrowetting display device that includes a display member having: a first substrate in which at least one surface has conductivity, a second substrate which is disposed to face the conductive surface of the first substrate, a hydrophobic insulating film which is provided on the conductive surface of the first substrate, an oil, which is non-conductive, provided between the hydrophobic insulating film and the second substrate so as to be movable on the hydrophobic insulating film, and containing a nonpolar solvent and a methine dye including two dye mother nuclei that are linked through a linking group having a methine unsaturated chain, and a hydrophilic liquid which is conductive, provided between the hydrophobic insulating film and the second substrate so as to be in contact with the oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki NAITO, Yasuhiro ISHIWATA, Takashi KATO
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Patent number: 8591641Abstract: The invention is related to a weather-resistant dye and use thereof, which contains in molecules thereof not only chromophoric parent D, but also electron-accepting group Q which is linked with dye parent D through non-conjugated carbon link L to constitute D-L-Q dye molecule; the electron-accepting group Q has such a HOMO energy level that is lower than the HOMO energy level of the dye chromophoric parent D. The dye has sun-resistance and anti-ozone performances, which can be used as colorant in the ink, dope, lacquer, toner powder for laser printing, marker, paper, fabric, glass, porcelain or polymer.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignees: Dalian University of Technology, Ninestar Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiaojun Peng, Jianzhou Zhang, Fan Jiangli, Shiguo Sun, Rong Zhang
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Patent number: 8562730Abstract: There is disclosed an ink composition and a method of printing and using ink on substrate material comprising polyvinyl chloride with thermal inkjet, drop on demand piezo inkjet, or continuous inkjet by depositing ink comprising vinyl-penetrating solvent, colorant and non-aqueous carrier solvent, the ink being free from polymerizable resins and binders.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: ImTech Technologies LLCInventors: Garold Eugene Radke, Suraj Lakshman Hindagolla
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Publication number: 20130271523Abstract: The invention provides an ink containing a first coloring material and a second coloring material, wherein the first coloring material is a compound represented by a general formula (1), and the second coloring material is a compound represented by a general formula (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Junichi Sakai, Satoshi Kudo, Otome Yamashita, Minako Kawabe, Takashi Saito
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Patent number: 8529685Abstract: A mixture of azaphthalocyanine compounds of Formula (1) and salts thereof: wherein: M is 2H, Cu or Ni; each P is independently CH or N; R1 is H or optionally substituted C1-4alkyl; R2 is H or optionally substituted C1-8alkyl; R3 is H or optionally substituted hydrocarbyl; and R4 is optionally substituted hydrocarbyl; or R3 and R4 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached represent an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring system; x is greater than 0 and less than 4; y is greater than 0 and less than 4; z is greater than 0 and less than 4; the sum of x+y+z is in the range of from 1 to 4 and provided that at least one P is N and that no more than two P groups in any one of the four component rings of the azaphthalocyanine nucleus are N. Also compositions, inks, printing processes, printed materials and ink-jet cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Fujifilm Imaging Colorants LimitedInventor: Prakash Patel
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Publication number: 20130222465Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an ink for inkjet textile printing which has excellent fastnesses and causes less bleeding on a textile and to provide a low cost method for inkjet textile printing by using said ink; and relates to an ink for inkjet textile printing wherein the ink contains at least one kind disperse dye, a dispersing agent, water and at least one kind (referred to as A compound) of the compounds represented by the following formula (1): (wherein, n is an integer number of 1 to 12) and at least one kind compound (referred to as B? compound) selected from the group consisting of alkanediols having 3 to 5 carbon atoms and polypropylene glycols, as organic solvents, the total content of A compound and B? compound is 12 to 50% by weight based on the total amount of the ink, and the ratio by weight of A compound to B? compound is in the range of 5:1 to 0.7:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent number: 8511926Abstract: A water-based ballpoint pen using a cemented carbide ball comprising tungsten carbide and a metal binder as a writing front end, wherein cobalt and/or nickel are contained in the cemented carbide ball as the metal binder in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight based on the total amount of the ball and which further includes an aqueous ink composition containing a colorant, water, a phosphate ester-based surfactant, and any one or more compounds of a thiadiazole represented by formula (1), 5-mercapto-3-phenyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-thione or a salt thereof, and an oligomer of 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole: wherein X and Y each represents any substituent of CH3, NH2, and SM, and M represents any of hydrogen, an alkali metal, an ammonium, and an alkanolamine.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: The Pilot Ink Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyuki Kitaoka, Hisashi Nakamura, Itsuka Goshima
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Patent number: 8496744Abstract: An ink composition contains a particular anthrapyridone dye and a particular copper phthalocyanine dye. The hue angle in the L*a*b* color system calculated from spectral characteristics of a 1,000-fold diluted solution of the ink composition in water is 270° to 360°. The content of the anthrapyridone dye is higher than the content of the copper phthalocyanine dye.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigemi Wakabayashi, Kazuhiko Kitamura, Yasuhiro Oki, Motoki Masuda
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Patent number: 8475578Abstract: The present invention is directed to magenta inks and ink sets for ink-jet printing. The inks and ink sets provide exceptional ozone fastness, particularly when printed on porous media or plain paper. The inks of the ink sets are formulated to be compatible with each other and are capable of producing high quality printed images.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Tye J. Dodge, Murray Macleod, Marlene Ann McGorrin, Larrie Deardurff, Linda C. Uhlir-Tsang
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Patent number: 8430953Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes a coloring agent, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The coloring agent includes the following a dye (1) and a dye (2). dye (1): a dye represented by the general formula (1) dye (2): at least one dye selected from the group consisting of dyes represented by the general formula (2a), dyes represented by the general formula (2b), C. I. Direct Blue 199, and C. I.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenta Hayashida, Kazuma Goto
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Patent number: 8372189Abstract: A solid ink composition comprising an amorphous component, a crystalline material, and optionally, a colorant, which are suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on coated paper substrates. In embodiments, the amorphous and crystalline components are both synthesized from an esterification reaction.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Naveen Chopra, Jennifer L. Belelie, Kentaro Morimitsu, Stephan V. Drappel, Corey Tracy, Peter G. Odell
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Publication number: 20130004746Abstract: A process for preparing phthalocyanine or metallo-phthalocyanine dyes and salts thereof. Also novel compounds, inks, printing processes, printed materials and ink-jet cartridges.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventor: Prakash Patel
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Patent number: 8328921Abstract: Dye-based gray ink formulations, ink-jet ink sets, and methods of making a dye-based gray ink formulation, are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Cory J. Ruud, Mary E. Austin
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Patent number: 8328924Abstract: A solid ink composition suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on coated paper substrates. In embodiments, the solid ink composition comprises both a crystalline component and an amorphous component, and optionally, a colorant, which provides for a robust ink.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Kentaro Morimitsu, Jennifer L. Belelie, Naveen Chopra, Stephan V. Drappel, Corey Tracy, Peter G. Odell
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Patent number: 8292995Abstract: A salt of a sulfonated dye modulates a stability of the dye, particularly its ozonefastness. The salt comprises an organic cation selected from the group consisting of: a first organic cation having a positive charge delocalized between a nitrogen atom and at least one other heteroatom; a second organic cation having a positive charge delocalized between a nitrogen atom and at least two other atoms; and a third organic cation of formula (A): wherein: Rp, Rq and Rr are each independently selected from a C1-6 alkyl group; s is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and Ar is a C6-12 aryl group or C3-12 heteroaryl group.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty LtdInventors: Sutharsiny Indusegaram, Graciel Gonzaga, Simone Charlotte Vonwiller, Scott Matthew Starling, Lachlan Everett Hall, Damon Donald Ridley, Kia Silverbrook
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Patent number: 8287632Abstract: A solid ink composition comprising an amorphous component, a crystalline material, and optionally, a colorant, which are suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on coated paper substrates. In embodiments, the amorphous component is synthesized from an esterification reaction of citric acid.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Kentaro Morimitsu, Jennifer L. Belelie, Stephan V. Drappel, C. Geoffrey Allen, Corey Tracy, Peter G. Odell