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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:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ming Xu, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Nathan Hale, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Assignee:
Sawgrass Systems, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41L 3/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41L 3/514 ;
Abstract
An image is printed on a substrate by means of a computer driven printer using heat activated dyes, without activating the dyes during the process of printing onto the substrate. The dyes are susequently activated by applying sufficient heat and pressure to the substrate to activate the dyes.