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Ink for ball-point pen and ball-point pen using the same

US6562116B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 2001
Grant dateMay 13, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09D11/18
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An ink for a ball point comprising at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of alcohols and glycol ethers, a resin and a colorant, wherein the spectral reflectance determined in the state where the ink for a ball point pen is filled into an ink reservoir has a maximum value in 500 to 520 nm, and a ratio of maximum strength/minimum strength of the spectral reflectance is 2.2 to 5.5. Further provided is a ball point pen equipped with a transparent ink reservoir charged with the ink, wherein the color of the ink can visually be identified through a part which transmits light in the ball point pen barrel.

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