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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. 30, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick Johannes Blom, Leiden, NL;
Erwin Anton Rosens, Leiden, NL;
Thomas Lynn Brandt, Windsor, NY (US);
Assignee:
Heineken Technical Services B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ; B32B 3/00 ; B32B 7/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ; B32B 3/00 ; B32B 7/12 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to an ink-only label at least consisting of an adhesive layer, an ink-only image layer and optionally a protective layer, wherein the label, when applied to a substrate, has a water permeability coefficient, as defined herein, which is sufficient to enable fast removal of the label from the substrate with water or an aqueous alkaline solution, without destructive treatment of the said substrate.