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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. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2000
Applicants:
Julie C. Double, Ipswich, GB;
Andrew Clifton, Ipswich, GB;
Alan Butters, Capel St. Mary, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/34 (2006.01); G03F 7/11 (2006.01); B44C 1/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermal transfer medium for use in mass transfer printing comprises a substrate bearing on at least part of one surface thereof a coating of an overlay material comprising polyester having a glass transition greater than 50° C. (preferably at least 75° C.) and a molecular weight in the range 6,000 to 10,000. The overlay material combines good transfer characteristics, barrier properties and durability and is highly transparent.