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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. 02, 2006
Filed:
May. 16, 2003
Applicants:
David M Kwasny, Corvallis, OR (US);
Melissa D. Boyd, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mark H. Kowalski, Corvallis, OR (US);
Vladek P Kasperchik, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
David M Kwasny, Corvallis, OR (US);
Melissa D. Boyd, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mark H. Kowalski, Corvallis, OR (US);
Vladek P Kasperchik, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/165 (2006.01); B65C 9/00 (2006.01); B32B 31/20 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B41M 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transparent, protective overcoat for a printed medium achieved with a thermal transfer material on a carrier ribbon that is heated and pressed to transfer a segment of thermal transfer material from the carrier ribbon onto the printable surface of a medium.