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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:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
May. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 428195 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
A thermal transfer sheet is provided which can thermally transfer an excellent image capable of maintaining various types of durability, various types of fastness, particularly weather resistance and the like for a long period of time. The thermal transfer sheet comprises: a substrate film; a sublimable black dye layer and a transferable protective layer provided on the substrate film in a face serial manner, the sublimable black dye layer comprising a mixture of particular yellow, magenta, and cyan dyes. A thermal transfer method using such a thermal transfer sheet is also disclosed.