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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Solid solution of quinacridone and ink composition containing same
- Patent number 12,104,063
- Issue date Oct 1, 2024
- DIC Corporation
- Kentarou Matsumura
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Method for producing quinacridone solid-solution pigment, pigment d...
- Patent number 11,926,741
- Issue date Mar 12, 2024
- Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Naoto Kamata
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Condensed polycyclic organic pigment composition containing polyval...
- Patent number 11,879,064
- Issue date Jan 23, 2024
- DIC Corporation
- Shogo Yamada
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Method for producing quinacridone solid solution pigment, pigment d...
- Patent number 11,773,267
- Issue date Oct 3, 2023
- Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Naoto Kamata
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Photoelectric conversion film, photoelectric conversion element and...
- Patent number 11,716,896
- Issue date Aug 1, 2023
- SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Yoshiaki Obana
- Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information Patent Grant
Pigments for electrophoretic displays
- Patent number 11,613,654
- Issue date Mar 28, 2023
- E Ink Corporation
- Lee Yezek
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Method for producing quinacridone solid solution pigment, pigment d...
- Patent number 11,535,755
- Issue date Dec 27, 2022
- Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co. Ltd.
- Naoto Kamata
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Photoelectric conversion element and solid-state imaging device
- Patent number 11,495,696
- Issue date Nov 8, 2022
- SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Yuta Hasegawa
- Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information Patent Grant
Photosensitive coloring composition, cured film, color filter, soli...
- Patent number 11,287,739
- Issue date Mar 29, 2022
- FUJIFILM Corporation
- Shoichi Nakamura
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Pigments for electrophoretic displays
- Patent number 11,248,122
- Issue date Feb 15, 2022
- E Ink Corporation
- Lee Yezek
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Method of making functionalized quinacridone pigments
- Patent number 11,084,935
- Issue date Aug 10, 2021
- E Ink Corporation
- Ziyan Wu
- G02 - OPTICS
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Photoelectric conversion film, photoelectric conversion element and...
- Patent number 11,018,308
- Issue date May 25, 2021
- SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Yoshiaki Obana
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Aqueous pigment co-dispersions
- Patent number 10,759,954
- Issue date Sep 1, 2020
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Max Yen
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Pigments for filtering the solar spectrum
- Patent number 10,689,529
- Issue date Jun 23, 2020
- Sun Chemical Corporation
- Jonathan Daniel Doll
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Nonaqueous ink-jet magenta ink composition
- Patent number 10,683,428
- Issue date Jun 16, 2020
- SAKATA INX CORPORATION
- Jun Kinjoh
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Photoelectric conversion film, photoelectric conversion element and...
- Patent number 10,672,994
- Issue date Jun 2, 2020
- SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Yoshiaki Obana
- Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information Patent Grant
Method of making functionalized quinacridone pigments
- Patent number 10,662,334
- Issue date May 26, 2020
- E Ink Corporation
- Ziyan Wu
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Quinacridone pigment composition for coloring resins
- Patent number 10,526,491
- Issue date Jan 7, 2020
- DIC Corporation
- Shingo Saitou
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Quinacridone pigment and a process for preparation thereof
- Patent number 10,519,315
- Issue date Dec 31, 2019
- Keki Hormusji Gharda
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Magenta inks
- Patent number 10,414,930
- Issue date Sep 17, 2019
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Keshava A. Prasad
- B41 - PRINTING LINING MACHINES TYPEWRITERS STAMPS
Information Patent Grant
Photoelectric conversion film, photoelectric conversion element and...
- Patent number 10,312,457
- Issue date Jun 4, 2019
- Sony Semiconductors Solutions Corporation
- Yoshiaki Obana
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Method for manufacturing colored particle dispersion
- Patent number 10,266,716
- Issue date Apr 23, 2019
- Kao Corporation
- Yuuta Matsumoto
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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Electrophoretic particles and processes for the production thereof
- Patent number 10,214,647
- Issue date Feb 26, 2019
- E Ink Corporation
- Lee Yezek
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Electrophoretic particles and processes for the production thereof
- Patent number 10,208,207
- Issue date Feb 19, 2019
- E Ink Corporation
- Lee Yezek
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Grant
Functionalized quinacridone pigments
- Patent number 10,196,523
- Issue date Feb 5, 2019
- E Ink Corporation
- Ziyan Wu
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Method for producing halogenated organic pigment, halogenated organ...
- Patent number 10,155,867
- Issue date Dec 18, 2018
- TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
- Akimitsu Mochizuki
- G02 - OPTICS
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Process for producing quinacridone pigment composition
- Patent number 10,040,942
- Issue date Aug 7, 2018
- DIC Corporation
- Shingo Saitou
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Quinacridone pigment of low amine content and method for producing...
- Patent number 9,902,857
- Issue date Feb 27, 2018
- DIC Corporation
- Kazuhiro Sugiyama
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Methods for producing aqueous pigment dispersion liquid and water-b...
- Patent number 9,815,986
- Issue date Nov 14, 2017
- DIC Corporation
- Masahiro Kido
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Electrophoretic particles and processes for the production thereof
- Patent number 9,688,859
- Issue date Jun 27, 2017
- E Ink Corporation
- Lee Yezek
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
QUINACRIDONE PIGMENT, PIGMENT DISPERSION, AND AQUEOUS INKJET INK
- Publication number 20250011599
- Publication date Jan 9, 2025
- DIC CORPORATION
- Kenichi Sugiura
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
QUINACRIDONE SOLID SOLUTION PIGMENT, PIGMENT DISPERSION, METHOD OF...
- Publication number 20240287311
- Publication date Aug 29, 2024
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- KOUICHIROU OKUMURA
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
INKJET INK AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS
- Publication number 20240191090
- Publication date Jun 13, 2024
- KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
- Satoshi SATO
- B41 - PRINTING LINING MACHINES TYPEWRITERS STAMPS
Information Patent Application
PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND...
- Publication number 20230329082
- Publication date Oct 12, 2023
- Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Yoshiaki OBANA
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE
- Publication number 20230096300
- Publication date Mar 30, 2023
- Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Yuta HASEGAWA
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR PRODUCING QUINACRIDONE SOLID SOLUTION PIGMENT, PIGMENT D...
- Publication number 20220275214
- Publication date Sep 1, 2022
- Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Naoto KAMATA
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
PHOTOSENSITIVE COLORING COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, COLOR FILTER, SOLI...
- Publication number 20220163885
- Publication date May 26, 2022
- FUJIFILM CORPORATION
- Shoichi NAKAMURA
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
PIGMENTS FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS
- Publication number 20220098414
- Publication date Mar 31, 2022
- E INK CORPORATION
- Lee Yezek
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND...
- Publication number 20210257561
- Publication date Aug 19, 2021
- Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Yoshiaki OBANA
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
INKJET INK COMPOSITION
- Publication number 20210189160
- Publication date Jun 24, 2021
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Sundar Vasudevan
- B41 - PRINTING LINING MACHINES TYPEWRITERS STAMPS
Information Patent Application
CONDENSED POLYCYCLIC ORGANIC PIGMENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYVAL...
- Publication number 20210071015
- Publication date Mar 11, 2021
- DIC CORPORATION
- Shogo Yamada
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
SOLID SOLUTION OF QUINACRIDONE AND INK COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME
- Publication number 20210040327
- Publication date Feb 11, 2021
- DIC CORPORATION
- Kentarou Matsumura
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
WATER-BASED INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING
- Publication number 20210009832
- Publication date Jan 14, 2021
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Nozomi SUZUKI
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
WATER-BASED INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING
- Publication number 20210009829
- Publication date Jan 14, 2021
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Takefumi KAWAKAMI
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR PRODUCING QUINACRIDONE SOLID-SOLUTION PIGMENT, PIGMENT D...
- Publication number 20200407563
- Publication date Dec 31, 2020
- Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Naoto KAMATA
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF MAKING FUNCTIONALIZED QUINACRIDONE PIGMENTS
- Publication number 20200239695
- Publication date Jul 30, 2020
- E INK CORPORATION
- Ziyan WU
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND...
- Publication number 20200161566
- Publication date May 21, 2020
- Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Yoshiaki OBANA
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
AQUEOUS PIGMENT DISPERSIONS
- Publication number 20200131372
- Publication date Apr 30, 2020
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Dennis Z. Guo
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR PRODUCING QUINACRIDONE SOLID SOLUTION PIGMENT, PIGMENT D...
- Publication number 20200062965
- Publication date Feb 27, 2020
- Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Naoto KAMATA
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
PHOTOSENSITIVE COLORING COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, COLOR FILTER, SOLI...
- Publication number 20190332008
- Publication date Oct 31, 2019
- FUJIFILM CORPORATION
- Shoichi NAKAMURA
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF MAKING FUNCTIONALIZED QUINACRIDONE PIGMENTS
- Publication number 20190218397
- Publication date Jul 18, 2019
- E INK CORPORATION
- Ziyan WU
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
PIGMENTS FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS
- Publication number 20190203051
- Publication date Jul 4, 2019
- E INK CORPORATION
- Lee Yezek
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
Quinacridone Pigment and a process for preparation thereof
- Publication number 20190177547
- Publication date Jun 13, 2019
- Keki Hormusji Gharda
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
NONAQUEOUS INK-JET MAGENTA INK COMPOSITION
- Publication number 20190161634
- Publication date May 30, 2019
- SAKATA INX CORPORATION
- Jun KINJOH
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
QUINACRIDONE PIGMENT COMPOSITION FOR COLORING RESINS
- Publication number 20180346730
- Publication date Dec 6, 2018
- DIC CORPORATION
- Shingo Saitou
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
AQUEOUS PIGMENT CO-DISPERSIONS
- Publication number 20180086928
- Publication date Mar 29, 2018
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Max Yen
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING QUINACRIDONE PIGMENT COMPOSITION
- Publication number 20180037741
- Publication date Feb 8, 2018
- DIC CORPORATION
- Shingo Saitou
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND...
- Publication number 20170373258
- Publication date Dec 28, 2017
- Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Yoshiaki OBANA
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLES AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
- Publication number 20170253743
- Publication date Sep 7, 2017
- E INK CORPORATION
- Lee Yezek
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLES AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
- Publication number 20170253742
- Publication date Sep 7, 2017
- E INK CORPORATION
- Lee Yezek
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...

Quinacridones

Industry

Parent Industries

Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Solid solution of quinacridone and ink composition containing same

Method for producing quinacridone solid-solution pigment, pigment d...

Condensed polycyclic organic pigment composition containing polyval...

Method for producing quinacridone solid solution pigment, pigment d...

Photoelectric conversion film, photoelectric conversion element and...

Pigments for electrophoretic displays

Method for producing quinacridone solid solution pigment, pigment d...

Photoelectric conversion element and solid-state imaging device

Photosensitive coloring composition, cured film, color filter, soli...

Pigments for electrophoretic displays

Method of making functionalized quinacridone pigments

Photoelectric conversion film, photoelectric conversion element and...

Aqueous pigment co-dispersions

Pigments for filtering the solar spectrum

Nonaqueous ink-jet magenta ink composition

Photoelectric conversion film, photoelectric conversion element and...

Method of making functionalized quinacridone pigments

Quinacridone pigment composition for coloring resins

Quinacridone pigment and a process for preparation thereof

Magenta inks

Photoelectric conversion film, photoelectric conversion element and...

Method for manufacturing colored particle dispersion

Electrophoretic particles and processes for the production thereof

Electrophoretic particles and processes for the production thereof

Functionalized quinacridone pigments

Method for producing halogenated organic pigment, halogenated organ...

Process for producing quinacridone pigment composition

Quinacridone pigment of low amine content and method for producing...

Methods for producing aqueous pigment dispersion liquid and water-b...

Electrophoretic particles and processes for the production thereof

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

QUINACRIDONE PIGMENT, PIGMENT DISPERSION, AND AQUEOUS INKJET INK

QUINACRIDONE SOLID SOLUTION PIGMENT, PIGMENT DISPERSION, METHOD OF...

INKJET INK AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS

PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND...

PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE

METHOD FOR PRODUCING QUINACRIDONE SOLID SOLUTION PIGMENT, PIGMENT D...

PHOTOSENSITIVE COLORING COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, COLOR FILTER, SOLI...

PIGMENTS FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS

PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND...

INKJET INK COMPOSITION

CONDENSED POLYCYCLIC ORGANIC PIGMENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYVAL...

SOLID SOLUTION OF QUINACRIDONE AND INK COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME

WATER-BASED INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING

WATER-BASED INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING

METHOD FOR PRODUCING QUINACRIDONE SOLID-SOLUTION PIGMENT, PIGMENT D...

METHOD OF MAKING FUNCTIONALIZED QUINACRIDONE PIGMENTS

PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND...

AQUEOUS PIGMENT DISPERSIONS

METHOD FOR PRODUCING QUINACRIDONE SOLID SOLUTION PIGMENT, PIGMENT D...

PHOTOSENSITIVE COLORING COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, COLOR FILTER, SOLI...

METHOD OF MAKING FUNCTIONALIZED QUINACRIDONE PIGMENTS

PIGMENTS FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS

Quinacridone Pigment and a process for preparation thereof

NONAQUEOUS INK-JET MAGENTA INK COMPOSITION

QUINACRIDONE PIGMENT COMPOSITION FOR COLORING RESINS

AQUEOUS PIGMENT CO-DISPERSIONS

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING QUINACRIDONE PIGMENT COMPOSITION

PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND...

ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLES AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF

ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLES AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF