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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. 03, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey C Chang, North Oakes, MN (US);
Andrew B Becker, Woodbury, MN (US);
Gari P Krogseng, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 428195 ; 428207 ; 4283184 ; 4283193 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
A thermal dye transfer system comprises a thermal dye transfer receptor element in intimate contact with a thermal dye donor sheet, said receptor element comprising a substrate having on at least one surface thereof in contact with said dye transfer donor sheet, a dye receptive receiving layer comprising a microporous polymer layer having insufficient pigment to provide an optical density of more than 0.2. The polymer layer may be transparentizable and provides thermal insulation.