IP Library Granted Patent US 9,296,244
Granted Patent B2
US 9,296,244 · App. 12/557,810 · Granted Mar 29, 2016

Composition suitable for multifunctional printing and recording sheet containing same

Inventors: Jay C. Song (Highland Mills, NY); Sen Yang (Nanuet, NY); Michelle X. Wang (Lititz, PA); Pat Morabito (Matamoras, PA)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
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Patent No.
US 9,296,244
App. No.
12/557,810
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A paper sizing or coating composition is provided, which includes: a first binder resin, which is compatible with dry toner binder resin; a second binder resin, which is compatible with liquid toner binder resin, and which is different from the first binder resin; a first pigment, which has a BET surface area of from greater than zero to about 35 m 2 /g; and a second pigment, which has a BET surface area of about 35 m 2 /g or greater, and which is different from the first pigment. Recording sheets which include the composition, methods of making the composition and recording sheets, and methods for making an image are provided.

Claims (1)

1. A recording sheet, comprising: a sizing or coating composition, comprising a first binder resin selected from one or more of a styrene-acrylic acid copolymer, a styrene-butadiene acrylonitrile copolymer, a styrene acrylate latex, an epoxy, a polyvinyl chloride, a polyvinyl acetate, a vinyl acetate acrylate copolymer, or a mixture thereof, and which is compatible with dry toner binder resin; a second binder resin selected from one or more of a polyethylene acrylic acid copolymer, a polyethylene methacrylic acid copolymer, or a mixture thereof, and which is compatible with liquid toner binder resin; a first pigment, which has a BET surface area of from greater than zero to about 35 m 2 /g; and a second pigment, which has a BET surface area of about 35 m 2 /g or greater, and which is different from the first pigment; and a paper or plastic substrate in contact with the composition, wherein the sizing or coating composition is comprised within first and second sublayers, the first sublayer being in contact with the paper or plastic substrate and comprising at least one of the first and second binder resins and at least one of the first and second pigments; and the second sublayer being in contact with the first sublayer and comprising at least one of the first and second binder resins, wherein the second sublayer is compositionally different from the first sublayer in terms of the presence or absence of one or more of: the first and second binder resins; or the first and second pigments.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2024
From: GLOBAL HOLDINGS II, INC.
To: COBANK, ACB, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 068161/0057 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2022
From: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
To: GLOBAL HOLDINGS II, INC.
Reel/Frame 059862/0110 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 29, 2021
From: GLOBAL HOLDINGS II, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 057686/0548 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2009
From: SONG, JAY C.
To: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
Reel/Frame 023494/0445 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2009
From: YANG, SEN
To: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
Reel/Frame 023494/0476 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2009
From: WANG, MICHELLE X.
To: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
Reel/Frame 023494/0511 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2009
From: MORABITO, PAT
To: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
Reel/Frame 023494/0549 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61194275 · Sep 26, 2008
Related Publication 20100080916A1 · Apr 1, 2010