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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:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 428195 ; 428206 ; 428323 ; 428412 ; 428447 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a dye-donor element for use according to thermal dye transfer methods comprising a support having on the front side a dye layer containing a thermally transferable dye and on the back side (i) a heat-resistant layer comprising a binder and (ii) optionally a topcoat layer, said heat-resistant layer and/or said topcoat layer comprising a polysiloxane based lubricant and wherein at least one layer on said back side comprises a salt of a fatty acid.