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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. 14, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naoki Kushida, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Tohma, Tachikawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156234 ; 156235 ; 156240 ; 156241 ; 156277 ; 400695 ; 400120 ; 428913 ;
Abstract
A thermal transfer material comprising at least a support, a first ink layer, a second ink layer, a third ink layer and a fourth ink layer disposed in this order on the support, wherein the first ink layer predominantly comprises a water-soluble polyester resin, the second ink layer is capable of causing separation from the first ink layer on heating, and third and fourth ink layers predominantly comprises a thermoplastic resin.