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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:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Luc Leenders, Herentals, BE;
Luc Bastiaens, Brasschaat, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503201 ; 430338 ; 430567 ; 430608 ; 430619 ; 503202 ; 503209 ; 503210 ; 503216 ; 503217 ; 503221 ; 503226 ;
Abstract
A heat-sensitive recording material suited for use in direct thermal imaging by means of an information-wise energized heating element, which recording material comprises on the same side of a support, called the heat-sensitive side, one or more binder layers containing a substantially light-insensitive metal salt in thermal working relationship with at least one organic reducing agent, characterized in that said recording material also comprises an acid-sensitive leuco dye transformable into dye by means of an acid-reacting compound serving as dye developer that stands in thermal working relationship with said leuco dye.