Patent ID: 8277698

Claim:
An infrared curable ink composition for a color filter, comprising one or more melamine compounds represented by the following Formula 1; wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are each independently selected from the group consisting of functional groups including hydrogen, a hydroxy group, a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group, a C 1 -C 6 alkoxy group, a C 1 -C 6 carboxyl group, a C 1 -C 6 alkoxy methyl group, a C 1 -C 6 alcohol group, a phenyl group, an acryl group and a vinyl group, and at least one of R 1 to R 6 is a C 1 -C 6 alcohol group or a C 1 -C 6 alkoxy methyl group; and an epoxy compound, which is one or more selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A epoxy, bisphenol F epoxy, brominated bisphenol A epoxy, bisphenol S epoxy, diphenyl ether epoxy, hydroquinone epoxy, naphthalene epoxy, biphenyl epoxy, fluorine epoxy, novolac epoxy, tris hydroxyl phenyl methane epoxy, trifunctional epoxy, tetraphenylethane epoxy, dicyclo pentadiene phenol epoxy, hydrogenated bisphenol A epoxy, bisphenol A-containing nuclear polyol epoxy, polypropylene glycol epoxy, glycidyl ester epoxy, glycidyl amine epoxy, linear aliphatic epoxy, alicylic epoxy and heterocyclic epoxy, wherein a molar ratio of the melamine compound and the epoxy compound is 0.5 to 4:1, and wherein the infrared curable ink composition does not comprise a photoacid generator, a photoinitiator, an acid catalyst, or a thermal initiator.