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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147948 | Printed article Printed articles are provided. In one aspect a printed article has a first toner image with a first toner particles having a median volume weighted diameter between about 3 um and 9 um and having a first charge-to-mass ratio, a second toner image with second toner p... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8110281 | Systems and methods for creating optical effects on media Methods and systems for optical effects in pigments, inks, and on media. One aspect of this disclosure involves a pigment particle which includes a core, having a fluorescent material and having a spherical shape, and a shell surrounding the core; the shell includes... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8029883 | Image receiver media and printing process A transfer medium is provided for receiving images formed on the medium by inks or toners comprising thermally diffusible colorants, including disperse dye and sublimation dye, and methods of using the medium to present images on substrates. The medium provides an o... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7985464 | Core shell intermediate transfer components An intermediate transfer belt that includes a conductive core shell component thereover, wherein the core is, for example, comprised of a silica, and the shell is comprised of, for example, an antimony tin oxide. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7972682 | Reactive silicic acid suspensions Suspensions of fine particles in a liquid containing a colloid-scale adhesive produce coatings and shaped articles which are both porous and robust. ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7901760 | Laminate assembly and method of manufacture A laminate assembly comprises a base layer, a substantially transparent inclusion layer disposed above the base layer and having a plurality of included objects disposed within the inclusion layer, and a substantially transparent top layer disposed above the inclusi... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7862884 | Electrophotographic film and recorded material using the same An electrophotographic film with excellent water resistance, which is more reduced in heat curling than before when used as a recording paper for thermal fixing-type electrophotographic printers or a copying machines and prevents stains of the toner-fixing unit if i... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7829182 | Coated paper for printing A coated printing paper offering high gloss, no mottled impression, sufficiently practical levels of printability in terms of ink-drying property and surface peel strength, and good productivity achieved by elimination of deposits on the calender rolls, wherein the ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7754315 | Marking enhancement layer for toner receiver element The invention relates to a toner receiver element comprising a marking enhancement layer comprising inorganic particles and a polymer film-forming binder. ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7749591 | Laminated sheet The present invention relates a laminated sheet having improved toner-fixing property and toner blocking resistance, that comprises a base material made of paper, one or more thermoplastic resin layer(s) provided on one side or both sides of said base material, a to... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7727619 | Developer carrying member and developing apparatus In a developer carrying member used in a developing apparatus by means of which an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic latent image bearing member is developed with a developer to render it visible, the developer carrying member has at least a subs... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7691468 | Method and means for producing a magnetically induced design in a coating containing magnetic particles The invention discloses a device and a method for transferring a predeterminable, high-resolution magnetic design onto a document printed with a magnetic ink, in particular a magnetic optically variable ink. The device comprises a body of a composite permanent-magne... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7618701 | Porous pigment coating In one aspect of the present system and method, an electrophotographic media includes a porous base media and a bi-modal pigmented composition disposed on the porous media that provides an increased resistance to blistering during pigment fusing. The bi-modal pigmen... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7579065 | Electrophotographic image receiving sheet and method of forming electrophotographic image An electrophotographic image receiving sheet comprises a support and a toner image receiving layer that is formed on at least one surface of the support and contains a mixture of a linear amorphous polymer having a glass-transition temperature (Tg1) in a rang... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7435467 | Heat resistant label A heat-resistant, multi-layer label free of both glass frit and silicone resin is described. The label is suitable for use in high temperature applications, e.g., applications in which the label and object to which it is adhered are subjected to a temperature of 700... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431798 | Security paper Security paper adapted to resist fraudulent alteration of toner-printed information thereon and to make such alteration or attempts at alteration evident has a maximum Scott-Bond strength of 150 J m−2; a Bendtsen roughness of not more than about 150 ml ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427435 | Coating composition for adhering metallized layers to polymeric films A metallized film and a process for making the film are disclosed. In general, the metallized film includes a polymeric film layer that is coated with a polyester coating composition. A metal layer is then formed on top of the polyester coating. The polyester coatin... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416999 | Net containing visible lettering and method for applying visible lettering to nets A net, in particular a ball net for catching balls, such as a volleyball net, football net, tennis net or ball-catching net, or a net-like fence, has a net body formed from net threads connected to one another in mesh form. The net is distinguished in that the net. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416776 | Substrates with multiple images The present application is directed to a substrate comprising a first major surface comprising light transmitting areas and light shielding areas. An image reception layer exists on the light shielding areas of the first major surface of the substrate. The substrate... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410685 | Infrared-reflective material comprising interference pigments having higher transmission in the visible region than in the NIR region The invention relates to an infrared-reflective material which comprises a transparent sheet material which comprises, on a part-area, an interference pigment which has higher transmission in the visible region of global radiation than in the NIR region, to a method... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7368161 | Color stable pigmented polymeric films Color-stable, pigmented optical bodies comprising a single or multiple layer core having at least one layer of a thermoplastic polymer material. The thermoplastic polymer material has dispersed within it a particulate pigment. The optical bodies generally possess hi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354164 | Dispersing and polarizing light filter An optical filter includes an array of light-transmissive beads in a matrix of opaque binder that surrounds one portion of the beads to provide light entrances and exit apertures for incident light to pass substantially only through the beads. A polarizing layer is ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351469 | Method of producing surface coatings on articles, and article having a surface coating A method for producing surface coatings on articles, such as stick surfaces, coats at least a part of the surface with a coating. The coating has expandable particles. One surface region of the coating is treated so that the particles expand, while another surface r... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342719 | Projection screen with reduced speckle The projection screen assembly minimizes speckle while preserving high ambient viewability. The screen assembly, having a light-source side and a viewing side, includes a screen layer, a polarizing contrast filter, and a speckle contrast reducing layer. The screen l... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341768 | Transfer paper for printing with an inkjet printer Transfer paper suitable for inkjet printing, provided, at least on the side to be printed, with a release or barrier layer, the layer having a porosity of at most 100 ml/min, and a method for manufacturing a transfer paper and a method for printing transfer paper wi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7332211 | Layered materials including nanoparticles A composition includes a layer of nanoparticles and a layer of a second material. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323275 | Photosensitive composition for volume hologram recording and photosensitive medium for volume hologram recording A photosensitive composition and A photosensitive medium for volume hologram recording comprises a photopolymerization reactive compound (a monomer) and any one of the following binder: (a) an organic-inorganic hybrid polymer obtainable by copolymerizing an organome... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317056 | Synthetic resin emulsion, easily water-swellable pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions containing the same and process for production of the emulsion There is provided a synthetic resin emulsion comprising polymer particles having a core/shell structure, wherein the shell comprises a copolymer of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and a hydrophilic comonomer, the core comprises a copolymer of a monomer mixture compri... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312257 | Polymer encapsulation of high aspect ratio materials and methods of making same Embodiments of this invention comprise a pigment comprising one or more substantially spherical-shaped beads, wherein each substantially spherical-shaped bead comprises one or more high aspect ratio particles encapsulated within an encapsulating material. Embodiment... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309395 | System for forming composite polymer dielectric film A system for depositing a composite polymer dielectric film on a substrate is disclosed, wherein the composite polymer dielectric film includes a low dielectric constant polymer layer disposed between a first silane-containing layer and a second silane-containing la... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300695 | Alignable diffractive pigment flakes Diffractive pigment flakes are selectively aligned to form an image. In one embodiment, flakes having a magnetic layer are shaped to facilitate alignment in a magnetic field. In another embodiment, the flakes include a magnetically discontinuous layer. In a particul... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285323 | Optical multilayer film, polarizing plate and optical product An optical multilayer film comprising a hard coat layer and a low refractive index layer comprising aerogel, which layers are laminated, in this order, directly or with another intervening layer on one surface of a base film comprising a transparent resin, wherein t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285310 | Active energy ray curable aqueous ink, and ink-jet recording process, ink cartridge, recording unit and ink-jet recording apparatus using the same An active energy ray curable ink which is quickly polymerized by an active energy ray, high in crosslinking degree of a cured material formed, excellent in adhesive property, low in viscosity, excellent in long-term storability and also excellent in ejection stabili... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7267864 | Image supporting material, method for use thereof and image forming apparatus utilizing the same The present invention provides an image supporting material for fixably supporting a color toner image, the material including a base material, a light scattering layer provided on the base material and containing a white pigment and a thermoplastic resin, and a col... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255909 | Security laminate In one aspect, the invention provides a security laminate comprising a retroreflective layer comprising a plurality of retroreflective microbeads partially embedded in and protruding from a beadbond layer and having image receptive material disposed around the protr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248142 | Thin deflectable resistor A system and method for a deflectable resistor. The deflectable resistor has a first layer of conductive material and a second layer of conductive material on a top surface of a substrate, said first layer of conductive material having a resistance that changes pred... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241489 | Opaque flake for covert security applications Opaque flakes, such as pigment or bright flake used in paints and inks, have a selected shape and/or other indicia to provide a covert security feature to an object. In some embodiments the composition includes base pigment, and the opaque covert flakes match the vi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238424 | All-dielectric optically variable pigments The light transmitted and reflected by all-dielectric optically variable pigments varies according to viewing angle. The color travel of an all-dielectric optically variable pigment depends on amplitude changes and wavelength shifts in reflectance peaks of the pigme... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235284 | Recording sheets for ink jet printing There is described a recording sheet for ink jet printing comprising a polyethylene coated paper support having coated onto the front side of said support one ink receiving layer comprising a mixture of gelatin and rice starch. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232600 | Recording medium, image-forming method employing the same, process for producing the same An ink-jet recording medium having at least a light-reflecting layer and a dye-fixing layer formed in this order on a base material in a multilayer structure, wherein the light-reflecting layer contains two or more pigments different in chemical composition, and whe... | 06/19/2007 |
