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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:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Takayuki Sasaki, Mishima, JP;
Shigeru Miyajima, Fuji, JP;
Yoshiaki Yamada, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/40 (2006.01); B41M 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermal transfer recording medium include a support; and a heat-sensitive transfer layer on the support, and wherein the heat-sensitive transfer layer includes: a resin made from monomer which includes a glycidyl ester of an unsaturated carboxylic acid; and sulfonamide. The present invention also provides a thermal transfer recording method including transferring an image from the thermal transfer recording medium to an image receiving member.