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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2011
Applicants:
Debasis Majumdar, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph Cashimere, Rochester, NY (US);
Yongcai Wang, Webster, NY (US);
Inventors:
Debasis Majumdar, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph Cashimere, Rochester, NY (US);
Yongcai Wang, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermal transfer donor element can be used to provide a clear protective overcoat on a thermal image receiver element from a thermal transferable protective clear film on the donor element. This thermal transferable protective clear film includes a transparent poly(vinyl acetal) binder to which are attached silicone groups to improve scratch resistance of the transferred protective overcoat. Such protective overcoats can also be applied over thermally transferred dye images.