US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on July 14 for "Active energy ray-curable ink, ink set, and image recording method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,984, issued on July 14, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Active energy ray-curable ink, ink set, and image recording method" was invented by Toshiyuki Makuta (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active energy ray-curable ink including a polymerizable compound and a colorant, the polymerizable compound including an N-vinyl compound, a monofunctional polymerizable compound capable of forming a homopolymer having a Tg of -30deg C. to 30deg C., and a compound selected from the group consisting of a difunctional (meth)acrylate and a polymerizable silicone-based surfactant, wherein the total content of a monofunctiona...