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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:
Nov. 15, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akihiro Mouri, Kokubunji, JP;
Tetsuro Fukui, Kawasaki, JP;
Masato Katayama, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Isaka, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03C / ; G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430201 ; 430200 ; 430203 ; 430292 ; 430330 ; 503208 ; 503227 ; 346 / ;
Abstract
An image forming method, comprises the steps of, using an image forming medium containing a heat-diffusible coloring matter, a polymerizable polymer precursor and a polymerization initiator; causing said polymerizable polymer precursor of said image forming medium to selectively polymerize to form a latent image comprised of a polymerized area and an unpolymerized area; and