Organic Oxygen Compound Containing Patents (Class 106/31.86)
  • Patent number: 12237166
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides new processes and methods to pre-treat metal surfaces in the back end of line (BEOL) fabrication of integrated circuits (ICs). More specifically, the present disclosure provides selective, self-limiting processes and methods for stripping native oxide surface layers that may form on exposed metal surfaces during processing of ICs. The processes and methods disclosed herein utilize the fundamental concepts of metal complexation to provide a novel solution, which enables native oxide surface layers to be selectively removed from exposed metal films in a self-limiting manner. In particular, the disclosed processes and methods use complexing agents (e.g., ligands) to selectively dissolve native oxide surface layers, without significantly etching or removing the underlying metal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Omid Zandi, Paul Abel, Mengistie Debasu
  • Patent number: 12234367
    Abstract: An inkjet printing process and an ink set for forming an image on a substrate by applying a plurality of inkjet inks of the ink set on the substrate. The plurality of inkjet inks include at least a first ink and a second ink, each ink comprising: a pigment and a block copolymer dispersant for dispersing the pigment. The block copolymer dispersant includes a first block and a second block where the second block is formed using at least one monomer M2, which monomer M2 is selected from the group consisting of a methacrylate and an acrylate, and where the monomer M2 is an anchoring monomer for anchoring to the pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: XEIKON MANUFACTURING N.V.
    Inventors: Lode Erik Dries Deprez, Werner Jozef Johan Op De Beeck, Wouter Jeroom Maria Van Gaens, Roel De Mondt, Geert Gaston Paul Deroover, Nils Margaretha Robert De Vos, Lore Wyns
  • Patent number: 12227662
    Abstract: A multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing can include a fusing agent and a coloring agent. The fusing agent can include an electromagnetic radiation absorber in a first liquid vehicle. The electromagnetic radiation absorber can absorb radiation energy and can convert the radiation energy to heat. The coloring agent can include a magenta rhodamine dye and a fluorescence quenching iodide salt in a second liquid vehicle. A molar ratio of the magenta rhodamine dye to the fluorescence quenching iodide salt can range from about 1:1 to about 1:10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Emre Hiro Discekici, Thomas M. Sabo, Stephen G. Rudisill, Dennis J. Schissler
  • Patent number: 12195632
    Abstract: An oil-based inkjet ink is disclosed, that contains a pigment, a fatty acid ester-based solvent (A) having a viscosity of 5.0 mPa·s or lower and a boiling point of 300° C. or higher but lower than 400° C., and a fatty acid ester-based solvent (B) having a viscosity of 10.0 mPa·s or higher and a boiling point of 400° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hikaru Sugiura
  • Patent number: 12186976
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes multi-fluid kits for three-dimensional printing, three-dimensional printing kits, and methods of making three-dimensional printed objects. In one example, a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing can include a fusing agent and a tinted anti-coalescing agent. The fusing agent can include water and an electromagnetic radiation absorber that absorbs radiation energy and converts the radiation energy to heat. The tinted anti-coalescing agent can include an aqueous liquid vehicle, a colored dye dissolved in the aqueous liquid vehicle, and an organosilane. The organosilane can have a central silicon atom covalently coupled to multiple hydrolysable groups and to an organic group by covalent bonding to a carbon atom in the organic group, wherein the organic group is not susceptible to hydrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Graciela Emma Negri Jimenez, Emre Hiro Discekici, Shannon Reuben Woodruff, Jacob Wright
  • Patent number: 12179382
    Abstract: A material for use as support material for energy-pulse-induced transfer printing, which contains (a) at least one energy transformation component, (b) at least one volume expansion component and (c) at least one binder and which has a viscosity at 25° C. of from 0.2 Pas to 1000 Pas and a surface tension at 25° C. of from 20 to 150 mN/m. The invention furthermore relates to a process for producing three-dimensional objects using the support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: Ivoclar Vivadent AG, IO Tech Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Lorenz Josef Bonderer, Jürgen Rudolf Laubersheimer, Wolfgang Josef Wachter, Michael Zenou
  • Patent number: 12179492
    Abstract: Provided are a maintenance liquid and a maintenance method that can solve an ejection problem of a UV curable inkjet printer. The maintenance liquid includes: a first ingredient in which a water-soluble compound is soluble and a cured matter of a UV curable ink is insoluble. The maintenance method includes: a first cleaning process at which a water-soluble compound that adheres to an inkjet head included in the UV curable inkjet printer is dissolved by a first maintenance liquid including the first ingredient in which the water-soluble compound is soluble and a cured matter of a UV curable ink is insoluble, and a second cleaning process at which the inkjet head is cleaned by a second maintenance liquid including a second ingredient in which the water-soluble compound is insoluble and the cured matter of the UV curable ink is soluble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahito Makinouchi, Kazuki Ohara
  • Patent number: 12146065
    Abstract: The invention relates to a colouring composition, preferably an ink for ink jet printing, comprising: (A) 3.0-15.0% by weight of Ti in the form of a titanium compound obtained by a process comprising: (i) reacting at least one titanium alkoxide with water and, optionally, at least one alcohol, thereby obtaining a reaction mixture; (ii) adding glycolic acid in a Ti:acid molar ratio comprised between 1:0.8 and 1:2.0, thereby generating a mixture of water and alcohol comprising an intermediate titanium compound; (iii) optionally, but preferably, removing part of the mixture comprising water and alcohol; (iv) adding at least one compound of formula N(R2)3 with a Ti:N(R2)3 molar ratio comprised between 1:0.20 and 1:1.50; and (v) completely eliminating the alcohol; (B) 0.2-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: CEVP SAGL
    Inventor: Piero Piccinelli
  • Patent number: 12138932
    Abstract: Provided are a maintenance liquid and a maintenance method that can solve an ejection problem of a UV curable inkjet printer. The maintenance liquid includes: a first ingredient in which a water-soluble compound is soluble and a cured matter of a UV curable ink is insoluble. The maintenance method includes: a first cleaning process at which a water-soluble compound that adheres to an inkjet head included in the UV curable inkjet printer is dissolved by a first maintenance liquid including the first ingredient in which the water-soluble compound is soluble and a cured matter of a UV curable ink is insoluble, and a second cleaning process at which the inkjet head is cleaned by a second maintenance liquid including a second ingredient in which the water-soluble compound is insoluble and the cured matter of the UV curable ink is soluble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahito Makinouchi, Kazuki Ohara
  • Patent number: 12091559
    Abstract: A continuous-type inkjet ink composition includes a polyvinyl butyral resin (Resin 1) and a rosin ester resin (Resin 2), and organic solvents, wherein the content of Resin 1 in the inkjet ink composition is 1.0 to 8.0 percent by mass, and the content ratio of Resin 1 and Resin 2 satisfies “Resin 1:Resin 2=20:1 to 10:8” based on ratio by mass, and the total quantity of organic solvents regulated by industrial health and safety regulation is 5 percent by mass or less in the inkjet ink composition. The composition demonstrates excellent discharge stability and jetting property as well as excellent adhesion to various types of base printing materials including polyolefin films with no surface treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kinjoh, Okinori Nakashima, Koki Ogasahara
  • Patent number: 12054621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an inkjet ink composition comprising a pigment colourant, a polymeric dispersant, a carbohydrate, water and an organic co-solvent, wherein the polymeric dispersant is selected from a poly(styrene-maleic acid) copolymer, a poly(styrene-maleamic acid) copolymer or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sun Chemical B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Wallace, James Matthews
  • Patent number: 12042858
    Abstract: Described herein are kits, methods, and systems for printing metal three-dimensional objects. In an example, described is a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing comprising: a first fluid comprising a first liquid vehicle comprising metal or metal precursor particles; and a second fluid comprising a second liquid vehicle comprising latex polymer particles dispersed therein, wherein the latex polymer particles have an average particle size of from about 10 nm to about 300 nm, and wherein the metal or metal precursor particles comprise metal nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles and a reducing agent, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Krzysztof Nauka, Vladek Kasperchik, Mohammed S. Shaarawi
  • Patent number: 12038688
    Abstract: A composition with which a cured film having excellent light shielding properties and low reflection properties can be produced is provided; a light shielding film; a solid-state imaging element; an image display device; and a method for manufacturing a cured film. The composition including carbon black, barium sulfate, one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of copper phthalocyanine and a copper phthalocyanine derivative, a resin, and a solvent, in which the solvent includes a solvent A having a boiling point of 180° C. or higher, a solvent B having a boiling point of 140° C. or higher and lower than 180° ° C., and a solvent C having a boiling point of 100° C. or higher and lower than 140° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Taguchi, Hiroaki Idei, Misaho Adachi, Teppei Abe
  • Patent number: 12031056
    Abstract: Described herein are water-based varnishes and inks that include a high renewable carbon content polyamide in an aqueous dispersion and a water-insoluble particulate material. The inks and varnishes exhibit stable viscosity, that is, they are varnishes and inks that exhibit little to no viscosity change over an extended period of time. Further, the inks and varnishes exhibit little to no settling of the insoluble particulate material over an extended period of time. The water-based varnishes include an aqueous polyamide resin dispersion and an additive selected from a water-insoluble particulate material, and the polyamide resin has a renewable carbon content of ?50 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Guy VanOudenhoven
  • Patent number: 11861430
    Abstract: A system (100) and a method for marking a product (10) utilize an encoding that specifies the presence or absence of each of a plurality of luminescent materials, at least one of which exhibits a predetermined decay behavior. The decay behavior of a plurality of different materials is detected, and based thereon the presence or absence of the luminescent materials is inferred. A corresponding encoding specifies whether or not the respective materials are present. In this way, different encodings can be associated in advance with different properties of the product (10). The luminescent materials that specify the associated encoding can be applied to the product (10) as a mark (20) in accordance with a determined property of the product (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SENSOR-INSTRUMENTS ENTWICKLUNGS- UND VERTRIEBS-GMBH
    Inventors: Walter Braumandl, Alexander Baumann, Helmut Löw
  • Patent number: 11834581
    Abstract: Print materials described herein include a first polymerization initiator comprising an initiator material having a thermal decomposition rate and a peak photo-initiated decomposition rate, wherein the thermal dissociation rate is higher than the peak photo-initiated decomposition rate; a vinylic monomer; a polyfunctional monomer; scattering particles; and quantum dots. Methods of making a quantum dot material using such print materials, and of incorporating into light emitting devices, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Florian Pschenitzka, Michael Morse
  • Patent number: 11667053
    Abstract: The invention relates to a material for use as support material for energy-pulse-induced transfer printing, which contains (a) at least one energy transformation component, (b) at least one volume expansion component and (c) at least one binder and which has a viscosity at 25° C. of from 0.2 Pas to 1000 Pas and a surface tension at 25° C. of from 20 to 150 mN/m. The invention furthermore relates to a process for producing three-dimensional objects using the support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: Ivoclar Vivadent AG, IO Tech Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Lorenz Josef Bonderer, Jürgen Rudolf Laubersheimer, Wolfgang Josef Wachter, Michael Zenou
  • Patent number: 11655391
    Abstract: A system for applying a coating composition to a substrate utilizing a high transfer efficiency applicator is provided herein. The system includes a high transfer efficiency applicator defining a nozzle orifice. The coating composition comprises a carrier and a binder. The coating composition has a viscosity of from about 0.002 Pa*s to about 0.2 Pa*s, a density of from about 838 kg/m3 to about 1557 kg/m3, a surface tension of from about 0.015 N/m to about 0.05 N/m, and a relaxation time of from about 0.0005 s to about 0.02 s. The high transfer efficiency applicator is configured to expel the coating composition through the nozzle orifice to the substrate to form a coating layer. At least 80% of the droplets of the coating composition expelled from the high transfer efficiency applicator contact the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: John R. Moore, Michael R. Koerner, Christian Jackson, Bradley A. Jacobs, Shih-Wa Wang
  • Patent number: 11655384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-based ink containing a pigment (A), a water-soluble organic solvent (C), a surfactant (D) and water, in which a content of water in the water-based ink is not less than 40% by mass and not more than 65% by mass, a boiling point of the water-soluble organic solvent (C) is not higher than 230° C., and a content of a high-boiling point organic solvent having a boiling point of not lower than 250° C. in the water-based ink is not more than 4% by mass, and the surfactant (D) contains a silicone-based surfactant (d-1) and an acetylene glycol-based surfactant (d-2) which satisfy the following conditions 1 and 2: Condition 1: [(content of component (d-1))/(content of component (C))]×100=0.15 to 4; and Condition 2: [(content of component (d-2))/(content of component (C))]×100=0.35 to 1.65.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Azusa Kuroda, Yuta Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11649373
    Abstract: A coating composition for application to a substrate utilizing a high transfer efficiency applicator is provided herein. The coating composition includes monomeric, oligomeric, or polymeric compounds having a number average molecular weight of from about 400 to about 20,000 and having a free-radically polymerizable double bond. The coating composition further includes a photo initiator. The coating composition has an Ohnesorge number (Oh) of from about 0.01 to about 12.6. The coating composition has a Reynolds number (Re) of from about 0.02 to about 6,200. The coating composition has a Deborah number (De) of from greater than 0 to about 1730.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: John R. Moore, Michael R. Koerner, Christian Jackson, Bradley A. Jacobs, Shih-Wa Wang, Matthew Irwin, Matthew Boland, Joanne Hardy, Daniel Naugle, Kevin O'Connor, Barry Snyder
  • Patent number: 11597849
    Abstract: Print materials described herein include a first polymerization initiator comprising an initiator material having a thermal decomposition rate and a peak photo-initiated decomposition rate, wherein the thermal dissociation rate is higher than the peak photo-initiated decomposition rate; a vinylic monomer; a polyfunctional monomer; scattering particles; and quantum dots. Methods of making a quantum dot material using such print materials, and of incorporating into light emitting devices, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Florian Pschenitzka, Michael Morse
  • Patent number: 11591489
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition contains: C.I. Disperse Red 364; a material A which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a derivative of the ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a polyalkylene glycol, and a derivative of the polyalkylene glycol; and an anionic dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hisashi Okamura, Hiroko Hayashi, Kenji Kitada, Yasunari Ikeda, Hirofumi Hokari, Shinichi Yamamoto, Michio Nakamori, Shigeki Kawada, Kenta Kikuchi, Kazumasa Otsuki, Seiji Kagami, Shinichi Naito
  • Patent number: 11566146
    Abstract: A coating composition for application to a substrate utilizing a high transfer efficiency applicator is provided herein. The coating composition includes monomeric, oligomeric, or polymeric compounds having a number average molecular weight of from about 400 to about 20,000 and having a free-radically polymerizable double bond. The coating composition further includes a photo initiator. The coating composition has an Ohnesorge number (Oh) of from about 0.01 to about 12.6. The coating composition has a Reynolds number (Re) of from about 0.02 to about 6,200. The coating composition has a Deborah number (De) of from greater than 0 to about 1730.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: John R. Moore, Michael R. Koerner, Christian Jackson, Bradley A. Jacobs, Shih-Wa Wang, Matthew Irwin, Matthew Boland, Joanne Hardy, Daniel Naugle, Kevin O'Connor, Barry Snyder
  • Patent number: 11504950
    Abstract: A glass lamination film includes a tinted zone in which one or more colored layers are disposed and a clear zone. The tinted zone includes a colored zone with a fixed color and a color change zone disposed between the colored zone and the clear zone, and a color of the color change zone has a varying density. A fade off zone has relative transmittance (Rt, %) of 30 to 80%. The color change zone includes the fade off zone having a distance of 15 to 25 mm. The colored layer includes a first colored layer and a second colored layer disposed below the first colored layer. An amount of plasticizer in the second colored layer is larger than an amount of the plasticizer in the first colored layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SKC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyejin Kim, Kyuhun Kim
  • Patent number: 11466172
    Abstract: Provided is an ink-jet recording liquid set including a pretreatment liquid for ink-jet recording and an ink-jet ink, wherein the pretreatment liquid for ink-jet recording includes: composite resin particles in which a polyolefin resin is contained in a polyurethane resin; a coagulant; and water, and the ink-jet ink contains: a pigment; water; and 3-methoxy-1-butanol or 3-methoxy-3-methy-1-butanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Haruka Moriyama, Takayuki Toeda, Hirotaka Tagori
  • Patent number: 11193029
    Abstract: An ink contains water, a coloring material, and a polymer having a structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 1 and a structure unit having an anionic group, where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, L1 is an alkylene group having three to five carbon atoms having a hydroxyl group, L2 is an alkylene group having two to ten carbon atoms, and Ar represents a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, or a naphthyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Yamazaki, Shigeyuki Harada, Takuya Saiga
  • Patent number: 11174406
    Abstract: An ink is provided which can prevent the deformation and degradation of resin products by printed items, and is also suitable for inkjet printing. The oil-based inkjet ink contains a colorant and a fatty acid ester-based solvent represented by general formula (1) shown below and having 12 to 23 carbon atoms in one molecule. (In general formula (1), each of R1 and R2 independently represents an alkyl group, and at least one of the alkyl groups of R1 and R2 is a branched alkyl group having a side chain of at least 4 carbon atoms.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru Sugiura, Kazuyuki Ando, Shinsuke Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11136466
    Abstract: Yellow inkjet inks are disclosed. In an example, an inkjet ink composition comprises: at least one colorant comprising at least one yellow pigment; at least one solvent comprising at least one triol; water; and at least one binder. The binder comprises a polyurethane-based binder dispersion, which comprises water and a polyurethane. The polyurethane comprises: (A) a polyisocyanate, (B) a first polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at one end of the chain and no hydroxyl groups at an opposed end of the chain, (C) a second polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at both ends of the chain, (D) a carboxylic acid functional group with two hydroxyl functional groups, and (E) a sulfonate or sulfonic acid functional group having two amino functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Dennis Guo, Jie Zheng, Tienteh Chen, Jun Yang, Marcos A. Barreto Caban
  • Patent number: 10865321
    Abstract: An oil-based inkjet ink is disclosed, the oil-based inkjet ink containing a pigment, a pigment dispersant and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the pigment contains an acidic carbon black having a pH of 2 to 6, the non-aqueous solvent contains a modified silicone oil having a surface tension of not more than 27 mN/m, and an amount of the modified silicone oil, relative to a total mass of the oil-based inkjet ink, is at least 15% by mass but not more than 80% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ando, Shinichiro Shimura, Marie Morinaga, Hikaru Sugiura
  • Patent number: 10787585
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for ink jet recording includes a coloring material, a water-dispersible polysiloxane-based defoaming agent, a water-soluble silicone-based surfactant, a glycol-based solvent, and resin particles including a non-ionic reactive surfactant in a constituent unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ito
  • Patent number: 10703922
    Abstract: An aqueous composition for forming a micro-fluid jet printable dielectric film layer, methods for forming dielectric film layers, and dielectric film layers formed by the method. The aqueous composition includes from about 5 to about 20 percent by 65 weight of a polymeric binder emulsion, from about 10 to about 30 percent by weight of a humectant, from about 0 to about 3 percent by weight of a surfactant, and an aqueous carrier fluid. The aqueous composition has a viscosity ranging from about 2 to about 6 centipoise at a temperature of about 23° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaorong Cai, Michael John Dixon, Yimin Guan, Ann P. Holloway, Jeanne Marie Saldanha Singh, Zhigang Xiao
  • Patent number: 10655030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-based ink including a pigment, a water-insoluble polymer, an organic solvent and a surfactant, in which the organic solvent includes at least a glycol ether which has a viscosity of from 2.0 to 7.0 mPa·s and a vapor pressure from 0.01 to 7.0 hPa as measured at 20° C., and a content of a glycol ether having a viscosity of not less than 6.0 mPa·s as measured at 20° C. as a component of the glycol ether in the water-based ink is from 0 to 5% by mass; the surfactant includes a silicone-based surfactant and a content of the silicone-based surfactant in the water-based ink is from 0.005 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takeno, Yuki Wakabayashi, Kaname Mitsuyoshi, Takahiro Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10639905
    Abstract: Provided are an ink set including: an ink composition which contains a colorant and water, and a treatment liquid which contains water-insoluble resin particles having a constitutional unit derived from a first monomer that contains at least one group selected from a sulfo group and a salt of the sulfo group and a constitutional unit derived from a second monomer that has at least one structure selected from an aromatic ring structure and an alicyclic structure, a compound that causes the colorant in the ink composition to aggregate, and water; and an image recording method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Shimono, Takuya Arai
  • Patent number: 10633548
    Abstract: An ink composition contains water, at least one surfactant, and a pigment. The pigment has a specific surface area of 10 m2/g or more and 50 m2/g or less as determined by pulsed NMR at 30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Teramoto, Yukiko Ii, Tetsuya Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10501649
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument which is excellent in a drying property of drawn lines and a low temperature stability of the ink while inhibiting the pen tip from drying and which prevents the drawn lines from causing feathering and strike-through. The aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument described above contains at least a colorant, trimethylglycine, pentaerythritol, 10% by mass or less of a water-soluble organic solvent and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hisato Haga
  • Patent number: 10300708
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet composition includes a surface-treated metal powder, wherein a dissolved oxygen reduction rate is 2.0 kPa/h or more and 20.0 kPa/h or less in an environment of 25° C. and 1.0 atm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kida, Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaru Terada
  • Patent number: 10273373
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing water, a coloring material, and a copolymer, wherein the copolymer contains a structural unit represented by any one of general formulae (1a), (1b), and (1c) below and a structural unit containing an anionic group, where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, a represents an integer of from 6 through 10, and b represents an integer of 0 or 1, where R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, c represents an integer of 3 or 4, and d represents an integer of 0 or 1, where R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and e represents an integer of from 2 through 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Koizuka, Kazukiyo Nagai, Tomoyuki Shimada, Shigeyuki Harada, Koichiro Oyama, Takuya Yamazaki, Akiyoshi Sabu, Yoshiki Yanagawa, Akihiko Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 10253191
    Abstract: The present invention is related to magnetic pigments comprising a transparent flaky homogeneously composed substrate having two parallel major surfaces and a coating comprising a layered structure composed of a hematite and a magnetite layer, to a process for the production of said pigments as well as to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kaiman Shimizu, Fumiko Sasaki, Yukitaka Watanabe, Masahiko Yazawa
  • Patent number: 10066112
    Abstract: A white ink containing one or more organic solvents including 40 percent by mass or more of an amide compound of formula 1 is provided: wherein, R1 represents a straight-chained or branch-chained alkyl group having one to six carbon atoms, R2 and R3 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms or straight-chained or branch-chained alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Nakamura, Michihiko Namba, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9815995
    Abstract: An ink for ink-jet printing used for ink-jet printing images onto the ink non-absorptive surfaces of cylindrical containers, and comprising at least a water-soluble solvent, a coloring material, a surfactant, a thickener and/or a binder resin, the coloring material being contained in an amount of 5 to 20% by weight, the surfactant in an amount of 0.1 to 5% by weight, the thickener in an amount of not more than 10% by weight, and the binder resin being contained in an amount of not more than 30% by weight. Owing to its ink-jet printability, the ink for ink-jet printing of the invention can be favorably used for printing images on the non-absorptive cylindrical containers such as seamless cans that are used for containing beverages and foods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., TOKAN MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamada, Kenji Hayashi, Yukiko Saito, Hiroshi Shimomura
  • Patent number: 9783693
    Abstract: An ink comprising: (a) from 1 to 20 parts of surface treated titanium dioxide; (b) from 20 to 70 parts of viscosity modifier; (c) from 5 to 30 parts of one or more water miscible polar organic solvent(s); (d) from 0.1 to 3 parts of surfactant; (e) from 0.001 to 5 parts of biocide; (f) from 0 to 20 parts of polymer particles; (g) the balance to 100 parts water; wherein the ink has a viscosity in the range of from 10 to 25 mPa·s when measured at 32° C. using a Brookfield spindle SOO at 3 or 12 rpm depending on whether the viscosity is < or >16 mPa·s. Also ink jet printing processes, printed substrates, ink containers and ink-jet printers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Fujifilm Imaging Colorants, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Oriakhi
  • Patent number: 9663674
    Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes: a pigment; water; at least one of a water-soluble resin having a minimum film-forming temperature of not more than 80° C. and a water-dispersible resin having a minimum film-forming temperature of not more than 80° C.; and a micelle-forming compound having an alkyl group and an oxyethylene chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Mitsunori Maeda
  • Patent number: 9546289
    Abstract: An ink composition for continuous deflected ink jet printing, which is liquid at ambient temperature, comprising: a solvent comprising, preferably consisting of, one or more organic solvent compound(s), and optionally water; a binder, comprising a saturated copolyester resin and a terpene-phenol resin; a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond and a silicon chain; optionally, one or more dye(s) and/or pigment(s). A method for marking a substrate, support or object by spraying this ink composition on a surface of this substrate, support or object. A substrate, support or object, notably a polyolefin bottle or stopper, cap, for example made of polyethylene, provided with a marking obtained by drying, and/or absorption in the substrate, support or object, of this ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: MARKEM-IMAJE HOLDING
    Inventors: Cécile Goustiaux, Antoine Bataille
  • Patent number: 9522532
    Abstract: There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus equipped with an ink for ink jet recording, and a discharge unit that discharges a liquid droplet of the ink onto a recording medium, wherein the ink contains at least a colorant, a polymer particle, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and has a dynamic surface tension after 1 msec of 32 mN/m or less, a dynamic surface tension after 1 sec of less than 30 mN/m, when the dynamic surface tension is measured by a maximum bubble pressure method, and has a variation width in the dynamic surface tension for the period from 1 msec after to 1 sec after of from 0.2 mN/m to 3.0 mN/m, a recording speed is from 10 m/min to 50 m/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohito Yoneyama, Hiroyuki Ueki, Mami Hatanaka, Reika Yomogida
  • Patent number: 9499702
    Abstract: In transfer image recording with the use of an intermediate transfer body whose surface on the side where an intermediate image is to be formed has a polyalkylsiloxane structure, an ink is used that contains at least a pigment, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a polyether-modified siloxane compound. Good and poor solvents for the polyether-modified siloxane compound are contained as the water-soluble organic solvent. The content of the polyether-modified siloxane compound in the ink is 3% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less based on the total mass of the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mamiko Kaji, Takashi Imai
  • Patent number: 9393792
    Abstract: A liquid discharge recording apparatus includes: a liquid containing first glycol ether; a liquid discharge head which discharges the liquid; an absorber which absorbs the liquid discharged from the liquid discharge head; and second glycol ether which is contained in the absorber and of which vapor pressure is lower than that of the first glycol ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriaki Satoh, Junichiro Sugimoto, Ayako Ohishi, Akihiko Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9328252
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ink composition comprising a pigment, an aqueous vehicle, a host compound having a cavity and a surface active agent, wherein the surface active agent is capable of binding to the cavity of the host compound. The invention further relates to a method for preparing such ink compositions and to a method for applying an image onto a receiving medium using such ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventor: Richard Van Hameren
  • Patent number: 9315684
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition that contains a pigment, a dispersant, a hydrosoluble solvent; and water, wherein the pigment is represented by the following chemical formula 1: where R represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having one to three carbon atoms, or chlorine, wherein the ink composition satisfies the following relations 1 and 2: 0.050?X/Y?0.120??Relation 1 0.700?Z/Y?1.050??Relation 2 where X represents a minimum absorbance in a wavelength range of from 400 nm to 450 nm, Y represents an absorbance of a maximum peak in a wavelength range of from 500 nm to 550 nm, and Z represents an absorbance of a maximum peak in a wavelength range of from 550 nm to 600 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiko Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 9267046
    Abstract: Inkjet ink contains a pigment, a hydrosoluble solvent, and water, wherein the pigment is represented by the following chemical formula 1 and has a CuK? X-ray diffraction spectrum having a wavelength of 1.541 ? such that no main peak is observed at a Bragg (2?±0.2°) angle in a range of 2? of from 28.0° to 29.0°, wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a chlorine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Minoru Hakiri, Keita Katoh
  • Patent number: RE49400
    Abstract: Metallic ink compositions for use in capillary-action markers are provided. More particularly, a metallic ink composition includes a polar solvent, an encapsulated metallic pigment, and a resin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SANFORD, L.P.
    Inventor: Wing Sum Vincent Kwan