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Luminescent printing composition and method of making the same

Assignee: Unisys Corp
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Filing: 1959-07-16
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Granted: 1961-12-05
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Expires: 1979-07-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Earl J Gosnell
  • 👤 Curtis W Ingalls

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 22:36
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/50; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 141 words
A LUMINESCENT PRINTING COMPOSITION, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: A SYNTHETIC LIQUID POLYBUTENE VEHICLE HAVING A VISCOSITY AT ROOM TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF 2.5 TO 1,000 POISES AND AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT WITHIN THE APPROXIMATE RANGE OF 400 TO 1,300, AND PARTICULATE SOLID MATERIALS IN SAID VEHICLE, SAID SOLID MATERIALS COMPRISING A PHOTOLUMINESCENT PIGMENT, SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SULFIDES OF ZINC, OF CADMIUM, AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF AND HAVING PRINTABLE PARTICLE SIZES, DISPERSED THROUGHOUT SAID VEHICLE IN A PROPORTION OF BETWEEN ONE FOURTH PART AND TWO PARTS BY WEIGHT OF SUCH PHOTOLUMINESCENT PIGMENT PER PART OF SAID VEHICLE, AND SAID SOLID MATERIALS FURTHER COMPRISING POWDER PARTICLES, SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN FIVE MICRONS IN SIZE, OF THE MAGNESIUM SALT OF 3QUINOLINOL DISPERSED IN SAID VEHICLE IN A PROPORTION OF BETWEEN TWO PERCENT AND SIX PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE WEIGHT OF THE PRINTING COMPOSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 141 words
A LUMINESCENT PRINTING COMPOSITION, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: A SYNTHETIC LIQUID POLYBUTENE VEHICLE HAVING A VISCOSITY AT ROOM TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF 2.5 TO 1,000 POISES AND AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT WITHIN THE APPROXIMATE RANGE OF 400 TO 1,300, AND PARTICULATE SOLID MATERIALS IN SAID VEHICLE, SAID SOLID MATERIALS COMPRISING A PHOTOLUMINESCENT PIGMENT, SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SULFIDES OF ZINC, OF CADMIUM, AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF AND HAVING PRINTABLE PARTICLE SIZES, DISPERSED THROUGHOUT SAID VEHICLE IN A PROPORTION OF BETWEEN ONE FOURTH PART AND TWO PARTS BY WEIGHT OF SUCH PHOTOLUMINESCENT PIGMENT PER PART OF SAID VEHICLE, AND SAID SOLID MATERIALS FURTHER COMPRISING POWDER PARTICLES, SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN FIVE MICRONS IN SIZE, OF THE MAGNESIUM SALT OF 3QUINOLINOL DISPERSED IN SAID VEHICLE IN A PROPORTION OF BETWEEN TWO PERCENT AND SIX PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE WEIGHT OF THE PRINTING COMPOSITION.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1964-12-04 1965-06-05 1965-12-05 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1968-12-04 1969-06-05 1969-12-05 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1972-12-04 1973-06-05 1973-12-05 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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