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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. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph D Roth, Springboro, OH (US);
Richard B Moreland, Centerville, OH (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428484 ; 428195 ; 428206 ; 4284881 ; 428403 ; 428407 ; 428692 ; 4286 / ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
There is provided by the present invention a coating formulation and thermal transfer ribbons which provide printed images which are readable by magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) devices. These formulations and ribbons minimize the use of organic solvents in employing wax, binder resin and an aqueous based ferrofluid with magnetic pigment particles. MICR readable printed images are also provided as are thermal printers which employ the ribbons.