US 11,891,521 B2
Colorant solvent system, methods of use, and articles
Yihua Chang, Portland, OR (US); Christopher J. Dimitriou, Portland, OR (US); Jeremy Gantz, Lake Oswego, OR (US); Adam Kohn, Beaverton, OR (US); Richard L Watkins, Portland, OR (US); and Mary Austin, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, INC., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/810,599.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/819,940, filed on Mar. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0299513 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41M 1/30 (2006.01); C09B 67/26 (2006.01); C09B 1/26 (2006.01); C09D 11/033 (2014.01); C09D 11/037 (2014.01); B41M 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC C09B 67/0073 (2013.01) [B41M 1/30 (2013.01); B41M 3/001 (2013.01); C09B 1/264 (2013.01); C09D 11/033 (2013.01); C09D 11/037 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of printing on an article, comprising:
applying a color composition onto a first side of an article, wherein the first side of the article comprises a polymeric material, wherein the color composition comprises about 5-10 weight percent of 2-pyrrolidone, about 25-45 weight percent of sulfolane, about 25-45 weight percent of ε-caprolactone, and about 1-15 weight percent of a dye; and
allowing the color composition to dry in contact with the first side of the article, forming a printed layer on the first side of the article.