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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. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth W Hutt, Nr Manningtree, GB;
Ian R Stephenson, St. Andrews, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 428195 ; 428209 ; 428913 ; 428914 ; 430945 ;
Abstract
A dye sheet for light induced thermal printing of images onto a transparent receiver sheet, with a reflective layer positioned such that laser light projected through the receiver sheet and not absorbed on the first pass through the dye sheet is reflected back so as to be absorbed on a second pass, is disclosed. An assembly for light induced thermal printing and a method of thermal printing are also disclosed.