Pigment Containing -n=n- Group Patents (Class 106/496)
  • Patent number: 7550041
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a highly concentrated pigment comprising from 75 to 95% by weight, preferably from 78 to 95% by weight, most preferred from 80 to 95% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a pigment; from 0 to 20% by weight, preferably from 5 to 18% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a resin; the total of pigment and resin being from 85 to 98% by weight of the composition; and from 1 to 15% by weight, preferably from 2 to 15% by weight, most preferably from 5 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a C10-C18 alcohol, a liquid hydrocarbon having a boiling point higher than 80° C. at 105 Pa, or both a C10-C18 alcohol and a liquid hydrocarbon having a boiling point higher than 80° C. at 105 Pa. Also claimed are a process for its manufacture, comprising dry-milling, blending and kneading the components, and the use of the pigment concentrates for the preparation of a masterbatch, ink, coating, plastic material, toner or colour filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Healy, Lynda Cannon, Tracy Murray
  • Publication number: 20090095202
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous pigment preparation comprising (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) dispersants and/or surfactants, (C) a trihydric or higher polyhydric alkoxylated alcohol, (D) a polyglycol alkyl ether, (E) if desired, hydrotropic oligomers and/or polymers, (F) if desired, fats, oils or fatty acids, (G) if desired, further additives typical in the preparation of aqueous pigment dispersions, and (H) water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Uwe Bechtold, Andrea Boehmer
  • Patent number: 7513947
    Abstract: Thermoplastic resin compositions suitable for laser welding are disclosed, which include a mixture of neutral anthraquinone blue dye with other red dye to absorb visible light with wavelength less than 700 nm and transmit a laser beam with wavelength at 800 nm to 1200 nm and to enhance weldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: EI Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Reiko Koshida, Yoshiteru Hatase, Ryuichi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sumi
  • Patent number: 7503973
    Abstract: A nanoscale pigment particle composition includes an organic benzimidazolone pigment, and a sterically bulky stabilizer compound, wherein the benzimidazolone pigment associates non-covalently with the sterically bulky stabilizer compound; and the presence of the associated stabilizer limits the extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale-sized pigment particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Rina Carlini
  • Patent number: 7503972
    Abstract: Two or more solutions comprising an organic pigment solution in which an organic pigment is dissolved in a good solvent, and a poor solvent compatible with the good solvent, or a solution of the poor solvent are allowed to flow through a microchannel in a non-laminar state; and organic pigment fine particles are deposited from the organic pigment solution in a course of flowing through the microchannel by changing the solubility of the organic pigment solution with the poor solvent or the solution of the poor solvent. As a result, nanometer-scale monodisperse organic pigment fine particles can be produced in a stable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideharu Nagasawa, Masato Nakao
  • Patent number: 7494542
    Abstract: A pigment composition can be prepared by wet or dry milling a pigment selected from the group consisting of dianthraquinone pigments, diketopyrrolopyrrole pigments and a mixture thereof, in the presence of a compound represented by Formula 1: where Q denotes —NH(CH2)nNR1(R2) group or hydroxyl group, and R denotes —NH(CH2)nNR1(R2) group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Endo, Takeshi Sato, Akira Inoue
  • Patent number: 7485675
    Abstract: Thermoplastic resin compositions suitable for laser welding are disclosed, which include a mixture of neutral anthraquinone dyes and at least one other red dye to absorb and transmit select regions of visible light and to enhance weldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Reiko Koshida, Yoshiteru Hatase, Ryuichi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sumi
  • Publication number: 20090025600
    Abstract: The invention relates to an azo pigment preparation which is characterized by a content in 4,4?-diaminodicyclohexylmethane, the percentage of the trans,trans-isomer being at least 25%, based on the total amount of 4,4?-diaminodicyclohexylmethane. The azo pigment preparation according to the invention is especially suitable for producing gravure inks having improved optical density, higher luster and no ink show-through in the gravure printing of illustrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Juergen Gerold
  • Publication number: 20090025604
    Abstract: A color pigment containing, based upon the total weight of the pigment, at least 70.0 weight % of a first compound COP according to Formula (1): wherein one of R1 and R2 is hydrogen and the other one of R1 and R2 represents —COOR4; R4 and R5 represent methyl; R3 is selected from the group consisting of: with C* representing the point of attachment of R3 to the nitrogen in Formula (I); and having a pigment surface including between 2.0 and 30.0 weight %, based upon the total weight of the pigment of a second compound according to Formula (I), wherein —R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the same meaning as above with the exception that at least one of R4 and R5 represents hydrogen. Also, methods of preparation of the pigment and non-aqueous pigment dispersions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Geert Deroover, Jan Gilleir
  • Patent number: 7473310
    Abstract: A nanoscale pigment particle composition includes an organic monoazo laked pigment including at least one functional moiety, and a sterically bulky stabilizer compound including at least one functional group, wherein the mono-azo laked pigment includes a nono-azo dye molecule laked with a divalent metal cation; the functional moiety associates non-covalently with the functional group; and the presence of the associated stabilizer limits the extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale-sized pigment particles. Non-aqueous dispersion compositions, such as ink compositions, contain a polymeric dispersant, an organic liquid, and the nanoscale pigment particle composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Carlini, Jeffrey H. Banning, C. Geoffrey Allen, Sandra J. Gardner, Jonathan Siu-Chung Lee
  • Patent number: 7470320
    Abstract: A nanoscale pigment particle composition includes an organic monoazo laked pigment including at least one functional moiety, and a sterically bulky stabilizer compound including at least one functional group, wherein the functional moiety on the pigment associates non-covalently with the functional group of the stabilizer; and the nanoscale pigment particles have an average particle size of from about 10 nm to about 500 nm and have tunable coloristic properties that depend on both particle composition and average particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: C. Geoffrey Allen, Rina Carlini, Sandra J. Gardner
  • Patent number: 7465348
    Abstract: A nanoscale pigment particle composition includes an organic monoazo laked pigment including at least one functional moiety, and a sterically bulky stabilizer compound including at least one functional group, wherein the functional moiety associates non-covalently with the functional group; and the presence of the associated stabilizer limits the extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale-sized pigment particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Carlini, C. Geoffrey Allen, Sandra J. Gardner, Karl W. Dawson, Peter G. Odell, Paul F. Smith, Jennifer L. Belelie
  • Patent number: 7465349
    Abstract: A nanoscale pigment particle composition includes an organic monoazo laked pigment including at least one functional moiety, and a sterically bulky stabilizer compound including at least one functional group, wherein the functional moiety associates non-covalently with the functional group; and the presence of the associated stabilizer limits the extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale-sized pigment particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Carlini, Karl W. Dawson, Sandra J. Gardner, C. Geoffrey Allen
  • Patent number: 7459017
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition and process of manufacture of a stir-in form of pigment with increased dispersing and color properties. Pigment is slurried with acetylenic dispersing agents, wet-milled to a particular particle size, and then dried to powder or granulate form. Also disclosed is a process for producing a pigmented paint composition from the stir-in pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Ortalano, Darleen Wright, William Burgess, Brian Thompson
  • Publication number: 20080282931
    Abstract: Pigment compositions for oil-based lithographic printing ink systems are provided which comprise as colourant besides an organic pigment an organic dyestuff soluble in an organic solvent (solvent dye). The printing inks prepared from these pigment compositions show outstanding improvements in colour strength combined with improvements in both gloss and transparency of the prints obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Stuart Cook Niven, Joyce Wilcox, Stephen Haggata
  • Publication number: 20080271635
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of pigment compositions which give improved ink flow is provided which comprises treating the pigment, during the pigment synthesis, with a small amount of a long chain aliphatic amine. The pigment compositions obtained can be used for preparing millbase inks which due to their improved flow viscosity (rheology) at high pigmentation can be easily handled as well as flexibly formulated, e.g. a number of final printing inks for different ink applications can be manufactured from a single millbase in a very economical manner. The final inks are preferably used in packaging gravure printing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen Haggata, Iain Frank Fraser, Stephen John Coughlin
  • Patent number: 7427322
    Abstract: A method of producing a dispersion of a pigment, comprising: bringing a solution in which an organic pigment is dissolved, and an aqueous medium, into contact with each other in a channel having an equivalent diameter of 1 mm or less, thereby making the pigment into a fine particle thereof, wherein at least one of the solution and the aqueous medium comprises at least one anionic dispersing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Maeta, Yuki Shimizu, Tadahisa Sato
  • Patent number: 7419541
    Abstract: A pigment preparation comprising C.I. Pigment Yellow 74 of formula (I) as base pigment and C.I. Pigment Yellow 62 of formula (II) as pigment dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: lariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Felix W. Grimm, Bernd Nestler, Joerg Schueller, Wojciech Nieradzik, Werner Sindermann, Joachim Weber, Ruediger Jung
  • Patent number: 7416596
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a pigment composition containing between 86.0 and 99.9 total mol % of C.I. Pigment Yellow 74 molecules and between 14.0 and 0.1 total mol % of at least one monoazo pigment of the formula (1) wherein R1 represents Cl, OCH3, OH3 or NO2 as a coloring agent for pigmenting ink-jet inks and color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schweikart, David Blum, Felix W. Grimm, Martin U. Schmidt, Josef Geisenberger
  • Patent number: 7399354
    Abstract: Dispersible pigment granules are produced by mixing an aqueous suspension of an organic pigment with an aqueous emulsion of a wax-like additive. The aqueous emulsion is then allowed to coagulate and the resulting aqueous dispersion is spray dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Joachim Metz, Andreas Stohr, Heinfred Ohleier
  • Patent number: 7393404
    Abstract: A pigment dispersant contains the following component (a) alone or the following components (a) and (b) in combination: Component (a): a composite pigment formed of a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment having a sulfonic group and another diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment having no sulfonic group, wherein the number of sulfonic group per molecule of the diketopyrrolopyrrole pigments in the composite pigment is from 0.05 to 0.5; and Component (b): a pigment other than the component (a), wherein the pigment has a sulfonic group or its metal salt, ammonium salt or amine salt. Also disclosed are a colored composition for color filters, a process for the fabrication of a color filter, the color filter fabricated by the process, an image display device including the color filter, and an information communication equipment including the image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Saikatsu, Hiromitsu Yanagimoto, Naoto Kamata, Kazuhito Ooki, Yutaka Miura, Shigeru Sakamoto, Akio Yoshida, Michiei Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7384472
    Abstract: The invention concerns a pigment preparation based on C.I. Pigment Yellow 155, containing 0.1% to 50% by weight, based on the weight of C.I. Pigment Yellow 155, of at least one pigment dispersant from the group of monoazo or disazo pigments substituted with at least one sulfonic acid group, characterized in that it has a chroma C greater than 53 in the CIELAB system in a solventborne alkyd melamine varnish comprising a 6.7% by weight concentration of the pigment preparation, and/or in that it has a chroma C greater than 35 in the CIELAB system in an aqueous base varnish system in a white reduction comprising a 0.2% by weight concentration of the pigment preparation in white reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schweikart, Jean-Philippe Lerch, Laurent Pourcheron
  • Patent number: 7377974
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of pigment preparations comprising C.I. Pigment Yellow 74 as base pigment and one or more pigment dispersants of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 independently represent hydrogen, halogen, such as chlorine or bromine, C1-C4 alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl or tert-butyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, such as methoxy or ethoxy, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, phenyl, a group SO3?E+- or COO?E+, provided that there is at least one and no more than two ionic groups of type SO3?E+- or COO?E+ are supplied, one group being located in the coupling radical and the other being located in the base radical of the compound of the formula (I) in case two ionic groups are supplied, E+ represents H+, the equivalent Mm+/m of a metal cation Mm+, m representing one of the numbers 1, 2, or 3 a phosphonium ion; or an unsubstituted or substituted ammonium ion, for pigmenting electrophotographic toners and developers, inks, aqueous binder systems, and color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Felix W. Grimm, Joerg Schueller, Joachim Weber, Ulrike Rohr
  • Patent number: 7347894
    Abstract: There is disclosed a pigment dispersant comprises the compound represented by the following formula (I) or a metal salt, ammonium salt, amine salt or alkylammoniumchloride salt thereof. Also disclosed are a colored composition for CF, a process for the fabrication of a CF, the color filter fabricated by the process, an image display device including the color filter, and an information communication equipment including the image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Yanagimoto, Hiroaki Saikatsu, Naoto Kamata, Shigeru Sakamoto, Akio Yoshida, Michiei Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7341626
    Abstract: A pigment composition containing one or more, organic yellow pigments selected from the group C.I. Pigment Yellow (213), Pigment Yellow (214) and disazo pigment of the formula (I) and containing one or more inorganic pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Weber, Gerhard Wilker
  • Patent number: 7318860
    Abstract: A green pigment preparation that is characterized by a C.I. Pigment Yellow 214 and at least one copper phthalocyanine pigment C.I. Pigment Blue 15:3 and/or C.I. Pigment Blue 15:1 content, the ratio of C.I. Pigment Yellow 214 to the at least one copper phthalocyanine pigment being in the range from 1:20 to 20:1. The inventive pigment preparation are especially suitable for the low-warpage colouring of semicrystalline plastics with pure green tones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Heinfred Ohleier, Joachim Weber, Olaf Schupp
  • Patent number: 7318863
    Abstract: The invention relates to an azo pigment preparation containing a) at least one azo pigment, b) a resin based on colophonium or modified colophonium with an acid value equal to or higher than 320 mg KOH/g, and c) an ammonium salt of a sulfonated diaryl yellow pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Bach, Ulrich Ott, Rainer Winter
  • Patent number: 7311769
    Abstract: A pigment composition containing a disazo pigment of formula (I) and at least one pigment from the group of organic orange, red and violet pigments
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Weber, Gerhard Wilker, Frank Alfter, Hans-Tobias Macholdt
  • Publication number: 20070272125
    Abstract: A pigment composition can be prepared by wet or dry milling a pigment selected from the group consisting of dianthraquinone pigments, diketopyrrolopyrrole pigments and a mixture thereof, in the presence of a compound represented by Formula 1: where Q denotes —NH(CH2)nNR1(R2) group or hydroxyl group, and R denotes —NH(CH2)nNR1(R2) group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: TOYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Endo, Takeshi Sato, Akira Inoue
  • Patent number: 7300512
    Abstract: A process of dispersing at least one pigment into a carrier such as castor oil or a vegetable wax such as palm oil glyceride wax. The resulting dispersion exhibits excellent color development and is fluid at room temperature. Suitable pigments include FD&C, D&C and inorganic pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Darren Mark Ortalano, Jeffrey S. Carpenter, David Dick, Lisa Soni Adams
  • Patent number: 7300511
    Abstract: Pigment dispersions that when used in printing ink having a relative interfacial tension drop of less than 1.5, and offering an ink viscosity of less than 150 Pa.s, and containing at least 45 wt. % pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory T. Huber, Tatiana N. Romanova, Russell J. Schwartz, Lisa Clapp, Terrance R. Chamberlain, Don Henderson
  • Publication number: 20070215008
    Abstract: The invention concerns a pigment preparation based on C.I. Pigment Yellow 155, containing 0.1% to 50% by weight, based on the weight of C.I. Pigment Yellow 155, of at least one pigment dispersant from the group of monoazo or disazo pigments substituted with at least one sulfonic acid group, characterized in that it has a chroma C greater than 53 in the CIELAB system in a solventborne alkyd melamine varnish comprising a 6.7% by weight concentration of the pigment preparation, and/or in that it has a chroma C greater than 35 in the CIELAB system in an aqueous base varnish system in a white reduction comprising a 0.2% by weight concentration of the pigment preparation in white reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schweikart, Jean-Philippe Lerch, Laurent Pourcheron
  • Patent number: 7255737
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pigment formulations comprising at least one metal complex of an azo compound which in the form of its tautomeric structures generally conforms to the formula (I) The invention is further directed to processes for their production of the metal complexes and their use and particularly to color filters and the use of the color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Feldhues, Frank Linke, Ronald Göbel
  • Patent number: 7252710
    Abstract: A pigment dispersion composition which can be suitably applied in such fields as color filters, black matrices and ink jet recording where it is necessary to finely disperse pigments still with retention of good dispersion stability and temporal stability even when the total amount a pigment derivative, pigment intermediate, colorant derivative and colorant intermediate, and/or a pigment dispersant is small. Another object is a pigment dispersion-based resist composition which can give color filters high in permeability, excellent in contrast and causing no bleeding or black matrices high in light-shielding and insulating properties, and causing no bleeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Sakata Inx Corp.
    Inventors: Masanori Kano, Kazunori Itoh, Takaaki Yodo
  • Patent number: 7198667
    Abstract: Solid pigment preparations containing the following ingredients as substantial components: (A) 60–85 wt. % of at least one organic pigment, (B) 0.1–15 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ingo Klopp, Juan Antonio Gonzalez Gomez, Uwe Mauthe, Hansulrich Reisacher, Andreas Stohr
  • Patent number: 7193067
    Abstract: Mono- and Bis-Azo/Hydrazone Pyrrole Pigments and Methods for preparing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Inventors: Terence Chamberlain, Norman W. Smith, Donald T. DeRussy
  • Patent number: 7192477
    Abstract: The process for producing highly concentrated nanometer-size fine particles of an organic pigment, which comprises dissolving the organic pigment in an amide solvent, especially an organic solvent comprising at least 50 vol % 1-methyl-2-pyrrodinone, and pouring the resultant organic pigment solution with stirring into a poor solvent which is not compatible with the organic pigment. The pigment may be a quinacridone pigment, phthalocyanine pigment etc. Any atmospheric pressure to a sub-critical and/or supercritical state can be employed as the production conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Hachiro Nakanishi, Koich Baba, Hitoshi Kasai, Hidetoshi Oikawa, Shuji Oikawa
  • Patent number: 7160380
    Abstract: A method of producing a fine particle of an organic pigment, containing the steps of: flowing a solution of an organic pigment dissolved in an alkaline or acidic aqueous medium, through a channel which provides a laminar flow; and changing a pH of the solution in the course of the laminar flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Maeta, Yuki Shimizu, Tadahisa Sato
  • Patent number: 7147703
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for aftertreating organic pigments which comprises heating the unground or ground organic crude pigment in water and/or organic solvents by means of microwave irradiation, under pressure if desired, so that the mass temperature of the mixture reaches 30 to 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Ganschow, Carsten Plueg
  • Patent number: 7147704
    Abstract: A pigment dispersing agent wherein a quinophthalone structure is bonded to a triazine structure through an arylene group or a heteroaromatic ring and a basic functional group is bonded to triazine ring through a connecting group which pigment dispersing agent improves an ink or a coating in fluidity and is effective for preparing a product having a low viscosity and low thixotropic properties and having excellent properties such as tinting strength, transparency and viscosity stability with the passage of time, and a pigment composition and a pigment dispersion containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Tokyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu Ueno
  • Patent number: 7135062
    Abstract: Image-recording, hydrophilic colorants having an organic pigment linked to a hydrophilic compound through a linking group and which are capable of forming images excellent in print quality such as chroma, gloss, density, light fastness and abrasion fastness, and also as hydrophilic colorants capable of affording inks excellent in physical properties such as long-term storability and press stability are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiei Nakamura, Hideyuki Koiso, Naoyuki Sakai, Yoshiyuki Zama, Atsushi Nogami, Hiroyuki Shimanaka, Seishichi Sasaki, Hiroaki Saikatsu
  • Patent number: 7135067
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment dispersion consisting essentially of a) at least one organic or inorganic pigment or a combination of the same, b) an alpha-methyl--omega-hydroxy-polyethylene glycol ether having an average molar mass of between 250 and 1000 g/mol, c) standard dispersing agents for producing aqueous pigment dispersions, d) water, and e) optionally other standard additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Harz, Lothar Wihan, Martin Alexander Winter, Andreas Pfrengle
  • Patent number: 7132518
    Abstract: Mono- and Bis-Azo/Hydrazone Pyrrole Pigments and Methods for preparing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Terence Chamberlain, Norman W. Smith, Donald T. DeRussy
  • Patent number: 7122081
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an aqueous process for reducing particle size of organic pigments by milling the crude pigment in the presence of a water soluble styrene copolymer dispersant, optionally a defoamer, optionally an additive, and greater than about 10 wt. % water, and isolating the organic pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Yingxia He, Colin D. Campbell
  • Patent number: 7115164
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a transparent Pigment Yellow 155 or transparent Pigment Yellow 180 is disclosed, said process includes grinding particles of said pigment in the presence of a grinding agent until said particles achieve a surface area of at least about 40 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: George H. Robertson, Edward H. Sung, Veronica L. Chambers
  • Patent number: 7083674
    Abstract: A pigment dispersant represented by the following general formula (1) is provided: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 each independently is —H, —Cl, —CH3, —CF3, —NO2, —COOCH(CH3)2 or —COOCH2CH2Cl; R11, R12, R13 and R14 each independently is —H, —Cl, —CH3 or —CN; M is one equivalent of a bivalent or trivalent metal; and n is an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kamikubo, Tetsuya Sai
  • Patent number: 7081160
    Abstract: An azobarbituric acid metal complex pigment comprising an azobarbituric acid metal complex of the formula (1), melamine and a compound of the formula (2), which pigment has an average primary particle diameter of 20 nm to 200 nm and a pigment primary particle aspect ratio of 1:1 to 3:1 and is fine and excellent in flowability, transparency and stability with time, and a process for the production of the above pigment
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Hamada
  • Patent number: 7077899
    Abstract: A pigment dispersing agent of the formula (1) capable of providing a printing ink or a coating composition excellent in fluidity and dispersion stability and a dry coating excellent in gloss, a pigment composition containing the same and a pigment dispersion containing the same, wherein X1 is —NH—, —O—, —CONH—, —SO2NH—, —CH2NH—, —CH2NHCOCH2NH— or —X3—Y—X4—, X2 and X4 are —NH— or —O—, X3 is —CONH—, —SO2NH—, —CH2NH—, —NHCO— or —NHSO2—, Y is an alkylene group, an alkenylene group or an arylene group, Z is —SO3M or —COOM, R1 is a heterocyclic ring residue or an aromatic ring residue, Q is —O—R2, —NH—R2, a halogen group, —X1—R1 or —X2—Y-Z, R2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkenyl group, and M is one equivalent of a monovalent to trivalent cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kamikubo, Daisuke Tanabe, Tetsuya Sai
  • Patent number: 7074267
    Abstract: Pigment composition comprising an organic pigment and a combination of at least two normally water-soluble coloured compounds (dyes) of opposing charge, i.e. of at least one anionic and one cationic dye are provided. The compositions impart improved rheology on non-aqueous pigment based printing inks and paints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen John Coughlin, Iain Frank Fraser, Thomas Healy, Stuart Cook Niven
  • Patent number: 7074268
    Abstract: A pigment composition obtainable by dry-milling an organic pigment in the presence of a resin for a printing ink, the resin being composed of a synthetic resin for a printing ink in an amount of 10 to 80 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the organic pigment and an aliphatic hydrocarbon resin which is extracted from gilsonite and has a softening point of 120 to 125° C. in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the organic pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ippei Imagawa, Ataru Chiba, Takahiro Yuasa