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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. 14, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin M Kidnie, St. Paul, MN (US);
Richard R Ollmann, Jr, Woodbury, MN (US);
Richard A Gaboury, Lakeland, MN (US);
Gregory L Zwadlo, Ellsworth, WI (US);
Assignee:
Imation Corp., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430201 ; 430200 ; 4302701 ; 430944 ; 430964 ;
Abstract
A black donor for use in a laser addressable thermal transfer system, wherein the black donor comprises a substrate having coated thereon at least one black color layer comprising a binder and colorants. The colorants include a non-infrared absorbing black dye or pigment and about 10% to about 50% of a carbon black pigment, based on the total weight of the colorants in the black color layer.