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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:
Jan. 15, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasutomo Mori, Numazu, JP;
Norio Kurisu, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503226 ; 427152 ; 503200 ; 503207 ;
Abstract
A thermosensitive recording material is disclosed, which comprises a substrate, a thermosensitive coloring layer comprising a leuco dye and a color developer capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye, formed on the substrate, and a protective layer comprising at least one inorganic pigment selected from the group consisting of silica and calcium carbonate, each having an average particle diameter of 0.1 .mu.m or less, and a water-soluble binder, formed on the thermosensitive coloring layer.