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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. 25, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lyudmila Feldman, Centerville, OH (US);
Edward J Saccocio, Bellbrook, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03D / ; G03D / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430138 ; 354297 ; 427 11 ; 427150 ; 427151 ; 4284022 ; 42840221 ; 42840222 ; 430122 ; 503201 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for rupturing photosensitive microcapsules which form a photosensitive layer on the surface of an imaging sheet which involves abrading the microcapsules such that upon subsequent pressure transfer, the resulting image has significantly greater dynamic range, significantly less midtone mottle and more highlight detail.