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Granted Patent B2
US 12,466,971 · App. 17/640,869 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Plant char colorants

Inventor: Stephanie Jane Palmer (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: Nature Coatings Inc.
C09D17/004C09D7/45C09D7/63C09D7/65
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Patent No.
US 12,466,971
App. No.
17/640,869
Filed
Mar 7, 2022
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1732
USPC
106/476
Abstract

Described herein are methods, and compositions for use in the coloration of materials. The compositions described herein are black pigments derived primarily from recently-living plants or animals and are therefore renewable.

Claims (16)

1 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a dispersant, micro fibrillated cellulose, and a milling fluid.

2 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a dispersant and a milling fluid, wherein under laser excitation at a wavelength of 514.5 nm with an 1800 gr/mm grating the formulation exhibits a Raman spectra with a G position between about 1580 (cm −1 ) and about 1605 (cm −1 ) and an I(D)/I(G) ratio between about 2.49 and about 3.07.

3 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a dispersant and a milling fluid, wherein blackness (My) is greater than about 250.

4 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a dispersant and a milling fluid, wherein jetness (Mc) is greater than about 250.

5 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a dispersant and a milling fluid, wherein tint strength is greater or equal to 94%.

6 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a dispersant and a milling fluid, wherein color fastness is 8.

7 . A mill base for milling a pigment comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, said mill base comprising said pigment and further comprising a dispersant, micro fibrillated cellulose, and a milling fluid.

8 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a 100% active dispersant, micro fibrillated cellulose and an activator/vehicle.

9 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a 100% active dispersant, and an activator/vehicle, wherein under laser excitation at a wavelength of 514.5 nm with an 1800 gr/mm grating the formulation exhibits a Raman spectra with a G position between about 1580 (cm −1 ) and about 1605 (cm −1 ) and an I(D)/I(G) ratio between about 2.49 and about 3.07.

10 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a 100% active dispersant, and an activator/vehicle, wherein blackness (My) is greater than about 250.

11 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a 100% active dispersant, and an activator/vehicle, wherein jetness (Mc) is greater than about 250.

12 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a 100% active dispersant, and an activator/vehicle, wherein tint strength is greater or equal to 94%.

13 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a 100% active dispersant, and an activator/vehicle, wherein color fastness is 8.

14 . The mill base of claim 7 , further comprising an activator/vehicle, wherein the dispersant is a 100% active dispersant.

15 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a dispersant and a milling fluid, wherein a randomized sample of the carbonaceous particulate matter has a size distribution with a mean size (Z-Ave (d·nm)) that is within a range between 118 nm and 171 nm and a polydispersity index that is within a range between 0.05% and 0.15% of the mean size (Z-Ave (d·nm)).

16 . A pigment dispersion formulation comprising carbonaceous particulate matter derived from biochar, a 100% active dispersant, and an activator/vehicle, wherein a randomized sample of the carbonaceous particulate matter has a size distribution with a mean size (Z-Ave (d·nm)) that is within a range between 118 nm and 171 nm and a polydispersity index that is within a range between 0.05% and 0.15% of the mean size (Z-Ave (d·nm)).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: PALMER, STEPHANIE JANE
To: NATURE COATINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 059181/0657 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62907411 · Sep 27, 2019
Related Publication 20220348782A1 · Nov 3, 2022
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