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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:
Mar. 31, 1992
Filed:
May. 21, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter A Gemmell, Bentley, GB;
Kiyotaka Iiyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 428195 ; 428524 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
A dyesheet for thermal transfer printing comprises a substrate supporting a transfer coat comprising one or more thermally transferable dyes dispersed throughout a polymeric binder comprising a mixture of polyvinylbutyral and a cellulosic polymer in which the percentage by weight of polyvinylbutyral lies within the range 65-85%.