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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2008
Applicants:

John Barndt, Oconomowoc, WI (US);

Robert H. Barton, Jr., Waukesha, WI (US);

Terrill S. Clayton, Elm Grove, WI (US);

Monte J. Rose, Hartland, WI (US);

Paul G. Volz, Hubertus, WI (US);

Inventors:

John Barndt, Oconomowoc, WI (US);

Robert H. Barton, Jr., Waukesha, WI (US);

Terrill S. Clayton, Elm Grove, WI (US);

Monte J. Rose, Hartland, WI (US);

Paul G. Volz, Hubertus, WI (US);

Assignee:

Quad/Graphics, Inc., Sussex, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one embodiment, provided is a system for printing data on a flexible substrate that has a color-changeable materials associated therewith. The system comprises a data source that may be configured to provide data to be printed on the flexible substrate, a processing circuit, and an energy source. The processing circuit may be configured to retrieve the data from the data source and to control the energy source to change a color of the color-changeable material based on the retrieved data.


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