Patent ID: 7985286

Claim:
A phase change ink comprising (a) a colorant and (b) a phase change ink carrier, the ink carrier comprising a tri-block co-oligomer wax of the formula CX 3 X 4 X 5 (CX 1 X 2 ) n H 2 C(CH 2 ) m (CX 1 X 2 ) n CX 3 X 4 X 5 , wherein at least one of X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 and X 5 are atoms selected from group VII of the periodic table and any remaining one of X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 and X 5 are hydrogen, wherein m is an integer of from about 5 to about 50, and wherein n is an integer of from about 3 to about 40.