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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:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideo Suzaki, Numazu, JP;
Hideo Aihara, Fuji, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503207 ; 427152 ; 503200 ; 503226 ;
Abstract
A thermosensitive recording material comprises a thermosensitive recording layer comprising a binder resin, and a leuco dye and a color developer capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye upon application of heat thereto, and a protective layer on the said thermosensitive recording layer in which layer a spherical filler and irregular shape filler is employed.