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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:
Dec. 03, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Imperial Chemical Industries plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 8471 ; 428195 ; 428480 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
A transfer sheet, suitable for use in a dye diffusion thermal transfer printing process for the production of images in accordance with a pattern information signal, comprising a substrate having a coating comprising a binder, one or more anthraquinone dyes of Formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, cyanoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxyalkoxyalky, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkoxyalkyl, hydroxyalkylthioalkyl, tetrahydrofurfuryl, alkenyloxyalkyl, tetrahydrofurfuryloxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, alkoxycarbonyloxyalkyl or alkoxycarbonyloxyalkyl, and