MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617058237 A) filed by E Ink Corporation on May 07, 2026, for An Electrophoretic Medium Comprising Particles Having A Pigment Core And A Polymeric Shell.

Inventors include Tsai, Sherry Hsin-Yi; Wu, Ziyan; Telfer, Stephen J.; Zheng, Xiaolong; Cole, Marcus David; Nguyen, Hong-Loan Tran; Kishore, Suhasini; and Luo, Jiancheng.

The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.

Abstract: An electrophoretic medium is disclosed, the electrophoretic medium comprising a plurality of a first type of particles, a plurality of a second type of particles, and a non-polar liquid. Each of the plurality of the first type of particles has a core and a shell. The core comprises a pigment. The shell of the first type of particles comprises a polymer, the polymer being a homopolymer or a copolymer. The homopolymer is formed by a vinylnaphthalene and the copolymer is formed by a vinylnaphthalene and a first monomer.

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