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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. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael A Lorenz, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D / ; C08K / ; C08K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
523161 ; 524176 ; 524204 ; 524208 ; 524277 ; 106 3129 ; 106 3132 ; 430 37 ;
Abstract
There is provided by the present invention coating formulations and thermal transfer media that form printed images which are readable by magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) devices. These formulations and ribbons employ wax, binder resin and an organic molecule-based magnet. MICR readable printed images obtained therefrom are also provided as is a thermal printer which employs the ribbon.