US 7,432,316 B2
Inkjet inks, methods for applying inkjet ink, and articles printed with inkjet ink
Rick A. Elmer, Brookline, Mo. (US); Brian Salisbury, Hanover, Mass. (US); Huck Hyde, Springfield, Mo. (US); and Mark Barnett, Pembroke, Mass. (US)
Assigned to Gem Gravure Company, Inc., West Hanover, Mass. (US)
Filed on Nov. 03, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/980,753.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/516686, filed on Nov. 03, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/517756, filed on Nov. 06, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0101694 A1, May 12, 2005
Int. Cl. C09D 11/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 523—160  [523/161] 39 Claims
 
1. An inkjet ink composition, comprising:
a) a solvent;
b) a thermoplastic resin;
c) a urethane resin;
d) a first colorant and a second colorant, wherein the first colorant is solvent black 3 and these second colorant is less oleophilic than the first colorant; and
e) a wetting agent that is a fluorinated surfactant.