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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Toppan Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Seiko Urata, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Gocho, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
TOPPAN INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/385 (2006.01); B41M 5/34 (2006.01); B42D 25/23 (2014.01); B42D 25/378 (2014.01); C09C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/385 (2013.01); B41M 5/345 (2013.01); B42D 25/23 (2014.10); B42D 25/378 (2014.10); B41M 2205/06 (2013.01); B41M 2205/30 (2013.01); C09C 1/0015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal transfer medium includes a support, and a plurality of ink panels individually made of a thermal transfer ink. The plurality of ink panels include two or more ink panels selected from the group consisting of a first ink panel in which the thermal transfer ink is a first ink containing a specified pigment as a color material, a second ink panel in which the thermal transfer ink is a second ink containing a specified second pigment as a color material, and a third ink panel in which the thermal transfer ink is a third ink containing a specified third pigment as a color material.