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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
May. 01, 2009
Applicants:
Pingfan Wu, Woodbury, MN (US);
Douglas S. Dunn, Maplewood, MN (US);
Dennis E. Vogel, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Stanley C. Busman, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Pingfan Wu, Woodbury, MN (US);
Douglas S. Dunn, Maplewood, MN (US);
Dennis E. Vogel, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Stanley C. Busman, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/325 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for generating a color image are provided which include a multi-layer construction in which at least one of the layers is a thermally activatable layer that includes a thermally activatable composition. The thermally activatable composition includes a non-linear light to heat converter composition and a color forming compound. Upon activation with a light source an image forms.