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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2009
Kentaro Morimitsu, Mississauga, CA;
Tyler Norsten, Singapore, SG;
Gabriel Iftime, Mississauga, CA;
Peter M. Kazmaier, Mississauga, CA;
Guerino Sacripante, Oakville, CA;
Kentaro Morimitsu, Mississauga, CA;
Tyler Norsten, Singapore, SG;
Gabriel Iftime, Mississauga, CA;
Peter M. Kazmaier, Mississauga, CA;
Guerino Sacripante, Oakville, CA;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a reusable and reimageable medium including a substrate coated with a photochromic polymer. The photochromic polymer has a glass transition temperature ranging from 30° C. to 150° C., such as from about 30° C. to about 100° C., and the coated substrate converts to a colored state when both UV light and temperatures ranging from 30° C. up to 100° C. are applied to the coated substrate. The present disclosure also provides a method for producing and using the reusable and reimageable medium.