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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:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lee Walter, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ; B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347217 ; 347171 ;
Abstract
A reusable thermal dye donor element for a dye transfer thermal printer comprising: a continuous web support layer having inner and outer surfaces; and a dye donor layer on the outer surface, the dye donor layer formed of a thin film amorphous inorganic or diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating which is hard and wear resistant.