Patent ID: 9283618
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B22F,H01B,H01K

Claim Text:
1. A composition for screen printing or flexographic printing comprising a branched metal carboxylate, an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent in which the branched metal carboxylate is soluble, a thickening agent, wherein the thickening agent is a linear metal carboxylate, and silver nanoparticles, wherein the metal for the linear metal carboxylate and for the branched metal carboxylate is silver and further wherein the composition has a viscosity of 5,000 cps or more at room temperature and a shear rate of 1 s wherein the composition contains about 10% by weight to about 90% by weight of the composition of the branched metal carboxylate, about 0.01% by weight to about 5% by weight of the composition of the linear metal carboxylate, and wherein a weight ratio of the branched metal carboxylate to the linear metal carboxylate is from about 10:1 to about 1000:1.