	US 12,319,610 B2
	Glass container having an inkjet printed image and a method for the manufacturing thereof
Jonas Vandecruys, Leuven (BE); Marin Steenackers, Leuven (BE); Johan Van de Velde, Leuven (BE); and Frederik Fernand S. De Graaf, Leuven (BE)
Assigned to ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A., Brussels (BE)
Filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., Brussels (BE)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/957,448.
Application 17/957,448 is a continuation of application No. 16/098,126, granted, now 11,739,024, previously published as PCT/EP2017/061284, filed on May 11, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16169473 (EP), filed on May 12, 2016; and application No. 16199357 (EP), filed on Nov. 17, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027042 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C03C 17/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B65B 3/04 (2006.01); B65D 23/08 (2006.01); B65D 85/72 (2006.01); C03C 17/38 (2006.01); C03C 17/42 (2006.01); C03C 25/002 (2018.01)

CPC C03C 17/005 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41J 3/40733 (2020.08); B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41M 5/0011 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 5/007 (2013.01); B41M 5/0088 (2013.01); B65B 3/04 (2013.01); B65D 23/0814 (2013.01); B65D 85/72 (2013.01); C03C 17/38 (2013.01); C03C 17/42 (2013.01); C03C 25/002 (2013.01); B41M 2205/40 (2013.01); C03C 2217/72 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. Method of inkjet printing an image on a glass container comprising the steps of:

a) manufacturing a glass container having a cold end coating (CEC) layer;

b) removing part of the CEC layer to a level wherein the remaining CEC layer has a thickness of up to 20 nm; and

c) inkjet printing an image on the glass container.