Patent ID: 8500260

Claim:
A phase change ink composition comprising: an optional colorant; at least one crystalline phase-change agent; an amorphous binder agent; and optionally one or more additives; wherein the at least one amorphous binder agent, the at least one crystalline phase-change agent, and/or the optional one or more additives of said phase change ink composition comprises one or more compounds of General Formula II wherein R 4 is an alkyl group, aryl group, alkylaryl group, or an aromatic group; R 5 is an alkyl group, aryl group, alkylaryl group, aromatic group, a hydrogen, —(C═O)—(CH 2 ) 3 CH 3 in which s is zero or an integer in a range from 1 to about 50, or wherein R y is H, OH, OCH 3 , Cl, Br, F, I, NH(COCH 3 ), CH 3 , CH 2 CH 3 , isopropyl, t-butyl, CO 2 CH 3 , CO 2 H, an alkyl group having from 1 to about 66 carbons, or alkoxy group having from 1 to about 8 carbons, or —(C═O)—NH—R z , where R z is either a linear alkyl group of the formula —(CH 2 ) t CH 3 wherein t is either zero or an integer of from 1 to about 36, or where R z is an alkylaryl group containing from about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms; R 6 is an alkylene group, arylene group, arylalkylene group, alkylarylene group, in which n is an integer in a range from about 6 to about 36, a branched alkylene group of general formula C 36 H 64+u , wherein u is an integer in the range from 0 to about 10,