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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:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuki Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Suguru Nagae, Tokyo, JP;
Takamitsu Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Keiki Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/72 ; G03F 7/016 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/72 ; G03F 7/016 ;
Abstract
A recording material having a recording layer with microcapsules therein on a support, and a recording method. The microcapsules constituting the recording layer each are composed of a core, a heat-responsive resin layer covering the core, and a shell enveloping the heat-responsive resin layer. The shell is made of a material sensitive to and curable with light having a predetermined wavelength, the core contains a developer (or a dye precursor), and the shell contains a dye precursor (or a developer).