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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:
Nov. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M Noonan, Rochester, NY (US);
Mitchell Burberry, Webster, NY (US);
Douglas R Robello, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 428195 ; 428913 ; 428914 ; 430945 ;
Abstract
A colorant-donor element for thermal colorant transfer comprising a support having thereon a colorant layer having a laser radiation-absorbing material associated therewith, and wherein the laser radiation-absorbing material comprises an ionic polymer having a certain charge having associated therewith an ionic dye of opposite charge, the ionic dye comprising a laser radiation-absorbing chromophore comprising an organic moiety having a plurality of conjugated double bonds and an optical absorption of from about 400 to about 1200 nm.