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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:
Jan. 10, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert C Van Haute, Temse, BE;
Luc H Leenders, Herentals, BE;
Roland F Beels, Aartselaar, BE;
Carlo A Uyttendaele, Berchem, BE;
Herman J Uytterhoeven, Bonheiden, BE;
Wolfgang Podszun, Koln, DE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430-3 ; 430 22 ; 430200 ; 430201 ; 430964 ; 503227 ;
Abstract
A thermal imaging process comprising the step of imagewise heating a donor element so as to transfer therefrom colored matter onto a contacting receptor element, characterized in that before said imagewise heating said receptor element contains in a layer at least one substance that by heat applied in the transfer of said colored matter undergoes a change giving rise to an increase in optical density.