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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2000
Robert A. Austin, Chillicothe, OH (US);
Bruce A. Neeld, Chillicothe, OH (US);
Peter C. Yao, Pickerington, OH (US);
John K. Rourke, Chillicothe, OH (US);
Trude J. Amick, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Willard W. McCarty, Kingston, OH (US);
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A self-contained sheet for forming an image comprising a support, a first layer of microcapsules containing a color precursor of the electron donating type in a carrier liquid on the surface of the support, a layer of microspheres overlying the microcapsule layer, and a developer material present in at least one of the microcapsule layer or microsphere layer, wherein the developer material can react with the color precursor to form a visible image when the color precursor is released from the microcapsules.