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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Kentaro Morimitsu, Mississauga, CA;
Tyler Norsten, Oakville, CA;
Gabriel Iftime, Mississauga, CA;
Peter Kazmaier, Mississauga, CA;
Inventors:
Kentaro Morimitsu, Mississauga, CA;
Tyler Norsten, Oakville, CA;
Gabriel Iftime, Mississauga, CA;
Peter Kazmaier, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/004 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to image forming mediums useful for reimageable and transient documents. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to an image forming medium comprising thermally gated photochromic materials comprising diarylethene (DAE) photochromes which avoid problems with unwanted reduction in color contrast due to background coloration.