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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:
Apr. 18, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shadi L Malhotra, Mississauga, CA;
Maya D Stevanovic, Weston, CA;
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428336 ; 428195 ; 428207 ; 428216 ; 428337 ; 428412 ; 428419 ; 428447 ; 428480 ; 428483 ; 428484 ; 4284881 ; 4284884 ; 428508 ; 428511 ; 428514 ; 428515 ; 428520 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an ink donor film for thermal transfer printing processes comprised of a supporting substrate with a coating of an ink composition on the top surface thereof, which ink is comprised of a blend of four hydrocarbon waxes, pigment particles, pigment dispersants, and binder polymers selected from the group consisting of (1) styrene-b-isoprene-b-dimethyl siloxane triblock copolymers; (2) blends of styrene-b-isoprene diblock copolymers with styrene-b-dimethyl siloxane diblock copolymers; (3) styrene/ethylacrylate/butylacrylate random copolymers; and (4) poly(vinylmethyl ether).