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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:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chien-Lu Hsu, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
Cryovac, Inc., Duncan, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428195 ; 156235 ; 428500 ; 428522 ; 430 14 ; 430 15 ; 430 22 ; 430 47 ; 430114 ; 430358 ;
Abstract
A printed film includes a substrate film with a surface polymeric layer that includes a thermoplastic polymer having a melting point of no more than about 130.degree. C. and, on a surface of the film, a printed image in the form of a polymeric film. The substrate film can be printed without chemically and/or oxidatively priming the surface to be printed and exhibits superior retention of the image after undergoing heat treatment.