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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. 29, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keiji Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428500 ; 428195 ; 428516 ; 428518 ; 428522 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
A thermal transfer sheet including a substrate film, a release layer provided on the substrate film and an ink layer provided on the release layer. The ink layer includes a colorant and a vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymer resin having a Tg of 60.degree. to 90.degree. C. and an average molecular weight of not less than 10,000. The release layer includes a material having at a high temperature, a low adhesion to plastic material and a low fluidity.