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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:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shizuka Tojima, Hino, JP;
Katsumi Maejima, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/26 ;
Abstract
A thermal transfer image forming material is disclosed, which comprises a intermediate layer, and an image forming layer onto a support. The thermal transfer image forming material comprises a matting material having a number average grain diameter greater than the average thickness of the intermediate cushion layer.