ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. RE50,790, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo) and FUJIFILM SPECIALITY INK SYSTEMS Ltd. (Kent, Great Britain).

"Ink composition, ink jet recording method, method for producing planographic printing plate and planographic printing plate" was invented by Ippei Nakamura (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an ink composition including (A) a polymerization initiator and (B) a (meth)acrylic acid ester having an alicyclic group as a substituent or amide having an alicyclic group as a substituent. The ink composition preferably further contains (D) a colorant and (E) a sensitizing dye. The...