Patent ID: 8202358

Claim:
A dye comprising a phthalocyanine dye represented by one of the general structures I to VIII, a naphthalocyanine dye represented by one of the general structures IX to XIV, or a bridged phthalocyanine/naphthalocyanine dye represented by one of the general structures XV to XVII: wherein: R is H, alkyl substituted alkyl, or SO 3 M 1 ; M 1 is H, monovalent cations, or NR 4 4 + ; OR can be replaced by a halogen; R 1 is H, alkyl, or substituted alkyl or aryl with carbons from 1 to 50; R 2 is H; n is 1 to 5000; R 3 is a divalent linking group; M is a monovalent, a divalent, a trivalent, a tetravalent or a pentavalent metal ion or transition metal ion; X is H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, SO 3 M 1 , OH, OCOR 2 ; COOM 1 , PO 3 M 1 2 , NR 4 4 + Y − , or O(CH 2 CH 2 O) m CH 3 wherein m=1 to 500, where at least one of the X in the dye is sulfonate, phosphate or polyethylene glycol, where Y is independently selected from the group consisting of: a halide, sulfate, sulfonate, OH − , and OSO 3 − ; and R 4 is H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, or substituted aryl.