The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akio Miyamoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kouya Kawabata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/325 ; B41M 5/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/325 ; B41M 5/26 ;
Abstract
An image forming process including the steps of: (a) providing an image transfer material having a transfer recording layer formed from a heat transfer material and an image receiving sheet; (b) image-wisely applying a transferability promoting material to one of the heat transfer material and the image receiving sheet to form a latent image; and (c) applying pressure and heat to the image transfer material to form an image on the image receiving material from the latent image.