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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2008
Gabriel Iftime, Mississauga, CA;
Gerald A. Domoto, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Tyler B. Norsten, Oakville, CA;
Kentaro Morimitsu, Mississauga, CA;
Paul F. Smith, Oakville, CA;
Peter M. Kazmaier, Mississauga, CA;
Gaetano J. Lavigne, Oakville, CA;
Eric J. Shrader, Belmont, CA;
Stephan V. Drappel, Mississauga, CA;
Gabriel Iftime, Mississauga, CA;
Gerald A. Domoto, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Tyler B. Norsten, Oakville, CA;
Kentaro Morimitsu, Mississauga, CA;
Paul F. Smith, Oakville, CA;
Peter M. Kazmaier, Mississauga, CA;
Gaetano J. Lavigne, Oakville, CA;
Eric J. Shrader, Belmont, CA;
Stephan V. Drappel, Mississauga, CA;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An image forming medium includes a substrate, and an imaging layer coated on or impregnated into the substrate, wherein the imaging layer includes an imaging composition including a photochromic or photochromic-thermochromic material and an infrared absorbent dissolved or dispersed in a solvent or polymeric binder; wherein the infrared absorber absorbs infrared light of a wavelength in a range from about 730 nm to about 1500 nm; and wherein the imaging composition is imageable by light of a first wavelength and erasable in a short time period by a combination of infrared radiation and light of a second wavelength and exhibits a reversible transition between a colorless and a colored state.