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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:
Oct. 04, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark K Debe, Stillwater, MN (US);
Kam K Kam, Woodbury, MD (US);
Richard J Poirier, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 427146 ; 427152 ; 428195 ; 4283213 ; 428910 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
A reusable nanostructured donor medium is provided comprising an image forming material containing polymeric film having a nanostructured surface region, at at least one major surface of the film, such that the nanostructured surface region is bifunctional. This bifunctionality being an efficient radiation to heat conversion element, as well as serving as a capillary pump to replenish the nanostructured surface region with an image forming material after an imaging event has occurred.