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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:
Feb. 07, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mary Catherine Oldfield, Rochester, NY (US);
Kin K Lum, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 428195 ; 428206 ; 428323 ; 428336 ; 428500 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
A dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having thereon at least one dye layer area comprising an image dye in a binder and another area comprising a transferable protection layer, the transferable protection layer area being approximately equal in size to the dye layer area, wherein the transferable protection layer contains particles in an amount of up to about 75% of the thickness of said transferable protection layer.