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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183175 | Thermal recording material In a thermal recording material having an intermediate layer and a thermal recording layer that are laminated on a support in this order, the above intermediate layer contains a swellable starch and a pigment and is formed by applying onto the support a coating liqu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8173575 | Dual-sided thermal form card A dual-sided thermal form-card and method for manufacturing are provided. In an embodiment, the dual-sided thermal form card includes a dual-sided thermal form including a first side and a second side, and a dual-sided thermal card including a first side and a secon... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168565 | Thermal recording adhesive label A thermal recording adhesive label, including a substrate; a thermal recording layer located overlying one side of the substrate, including a leuco dye and a color developer; a back coat layer located overlying the other side of the substrate; an adhesive layer loca... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8143191 | Thermosensitive recording material A thermosensitive recording material including a polypropylene film support, a thermosensitive recording layer, a protective layer and a back layer, where the thermosensitive recording layer and the protective layer are disposed on a surface of the polypropylene fil... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8114812 | Two-sided thermal paper Imaging elements for dual-sided direct thermal printing are described, generally comprising a substrate and a thermally sensitive coating on each side. Calendering is provided to produce a smoothness of 75 Bekk or greater on each side of the media product. A subcoat... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8101547 | Transparent thermal recording medium A transparent heat-sensitive recording material of the invention comprises (a) a transparent support; (b) a heat-sensitive recording layer containing a leuco dye and a developer and formed on the transparent support; and (c) a protective layer comprising as main com... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8062994 | Thermal recording material and process for the production thereof A thermal recording material having a thermally color-forming thermal recording layer and a protective layer which are formed on a substrate in this order, wherein the protective layer is a layer obtained by applying an aqueous coating liquid containing a polyvinyl ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058209 | Heat-sensitive recording material To provide a heat-sensitive recording material including a substrate; a heat-sensitive color-developing layer over the substrate, the heat-sensitive color-developing layer containing a leuco dye and a developer; a first protective layer over the heat-sensitive color... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8008229 | Thermosensitive recording material To provide a thermosensitive recording material, which contains: a base; a thermosensitive coloring layer containing a leuco dye and a color developer; at least one protective layer containing a resin, a crosslinking agent, and wax, wherein the thermosensitive color... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003568 | Thermosensitive recording material Provided is a thermosensitive recording material that comprises a support, a thermosensitive coloring layer on the support, and a protective layer on the thermosensitive coloring layer, wherein the thermosensitive coloring layer comprises a leuco dye and a color dev... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7968494 | Heat-sensitive recording material A heat-sensitive recording material including: a substrate; a heat-sensitive color developing layer over the substrate, the heat-sensitive color developing layer composed mainly of a leuco dye and a color developer that develops color of the leuco dye upon heating; ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7923412 | Creating background colors on thermal printing material A dye ink or a pigmented ink application process using, for example, any one of flexographic printing, flood coating, tinting, or other suitable technique or process to add a colored area adjacent to a thermal ink layer of a thermal material is disclosed. The colore... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7906458 | Heat-sensitive recording material and production method thereof To provide a heat-sensitive recording material, including: a substrate; a heat-sensitive color developing layer on the substrate, the heat-sensitive color developing layer containing at least a leuco dye and a developer; and a protective layer on the heat-sensitive ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7846871 | Heat-sensitive recording medium and use thereof A heat-sensitive recording medium is presented, comprising a substrate (2) with a first side and a second side remote therefrom a heat-sensitive recording layer (4) which is placed on the first side o... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7816302 | Printable identification medium for use with thermal printers An identification device in the form of a wristband, labels, tags or cards, including a clear thermal sensitive coating laminated between a clear plastic coating and a liner ply having colored regions or printed matter. The colored regions or printed matter is visib... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7618921 | Image formation material An object of the present invention is to provide an image formation material exhibiting exposure visualization with excellent color development, and further to provide a printing plate material exhibiting excellent on-press developability, accompanied with excellent... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618922 | Thermally-sensitive recording medium A thermally-sensitive recording medium having a protecting layer formed on a thermally-sensitive recording layer containing a colorless or pale-colored electron-donating leuco dye and electron-accepting color-developing agent. The thermally-sensitive recording layer... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7576036 | Heat-sensitive recording material, heat-sensitive recording method and method for manufacturing heat-sensitive recording material A heat-sensitive recording material including at least one heat-sensitive recording layer and a protective layer provided in this order on a support, wherein the protective layer contains a compound represented by the following Formula (1) and/or a compound represen... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7476642 | Thermally sensitive recording medium Provision of a thermally sensitive recording medium made up of an undercoating layer containing a pigment and a binder as main components and a thermally sensitive color-developing layer containing a colorless or pale-colored basic leuco dye and a color-developing a... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7476643 | Thermal recording material and thermal recording label A thermal recording material is provided including a substrate, a thermal coloring layer located overlying the substrate, and a protective layer located overlying the thermal coloring layer. The protective layer includes a binder resin, a crosslinker, a filler; and ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7432223 | Reversible thermosensitive recording medium, information storage material, reversible thermosensitive recording label, image processing method and image processing device A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a substrate, a reversible thermosensitive recording layer and an intermediate layer. The reversible thermosensitive recording layer is configured to reversibly record and erase an image therein and disposed ove... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425522 | Thermosensitive recording material The present invention aims to provide thermosensitive recording materials that allow excellent stampability, prevent sticking, represent less image-density decrease due to image-shielding by protective layers, and generate less printing residual matters on heads. Sp... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422996 | Reversible thermosensitive recording medium, reversible thermosensitive recording label, reversible thermosensitive recording member, image-processing apparatus and image-processing method There is provided a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a support, an intermediate layer, and a thermosensitive recording layer which reversibly changes a color thereof depending on a temperature, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contain... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419935 | Heat-sensitive recording material A heat-sensitive recording material comprising on one surface of a substrate a heat-sensitive coloring layer comprising a leuco dye and a color developer, wherein the heat-sensitive recording material comprises a layer which comprises a copolymer of a (meth)a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7387984 | Thermally sensitive recording medium A thermally sensitive recording medium whose luster of printed part is excellent can be provided by a thermally sensitive recording medium of single layer or multi layers having at least a thermally sensitive recording layer that contains a colorless or pale colored... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384001 | Method and system for automatically and dynamically marking a label for a device A device that requires a regulatory label includes a label affixed to a surface of the device and a marking mechanism in the device that detects a configuration setting associated with the device and alters a portion of the label based on the configuration setting s... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381684 | Method for using a rewritable thermal label A method for using a rewritable thermal label of the non-contact type which comprises recording and erasing information repeatedly in accordance with a non-contact method on a rewitable thermal label which remains attached to an adherend. The label contains (a) an a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378374 | Thermally sensitive recording medium A thermally sensitive recording medium containing a thermally sensitive recording medium providing an undercoating layer containing a pigment and a binder as main components and a thermally sensitive recording layer containing a colorless or pale colored basic leuco... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371709 | Thermally developable materials with backside antistatic layer Thermally developable materials that comprise a support have an antistatic backside layer that includes a quaternary ammonium salt. The same or different backside layer can also include another antistatic agent such as conductive metal particles or conductive polyme... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371708 | Thermoreversible recording medium, thermoreversible recording label and thermoreversible recording member, and, image processing apparatus and image processing method The object of the present invention is to provide a thermoreversible recording medium which possesses not only such an excellent property that the electrostatic charge on the thermoreversible recording medium can be prevented and the curling of the thermoreversible ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354884 | Thermal recording material Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material comprising (a) a transparent film, (b) a heat-sensitive recording layer formed on one side of the transparent film, and containing an electron-donating compound, an ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7314705 | Compositions, systems, and methods for imaging A composition, method, and system for recording an image. The system includes an imaging material in which radiation energy is absorbed by an antenna material. The antenna material may be chosen from the group consisting of phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines.... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7307042 | Thermal recording material The present invention provides a thermal recording material, which is easy to manufacture and has excellent productivity, water resistance, heat resistance (running stability) and chemical resistance, by solving various problems caused by using a crosslinking agent ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7297658 | Direct thermographic materials with crosslinked carrier layer A direct thermographic material has one or more thermographic layers comprising a film-forming polymer binder on a polymeric support. Disposed between the polymeric support and the one or more thermographic layers is a non-light sensitive adhesive layer comprising o... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7279209 | Runnable splice A runnable splice includes a first and second thermal imprintable label stocks adhered to first and second liners and disposed in a manner establishing a splice gap. A third thermal printable paper is disposed over the gap on one side of the runnable splice and a sp... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7265077 | Latent image developing systems and devices A latent image developing system, a novelty kit, and an ink composition for printing latent images on a substrate. The latent image developing system includes a first substrate containing a colorless image deposited on a first surface thereof. A developer component ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261680 | Stress and/or temperature-indicating composition for roll covers An industrial roll includes: a substantially cylindrical core and a cover overlying the adhesive layer. The cover typically comprises a polymeric top stock layer which comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and at least one of a piezochromic material and a ther... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7225978 | Transaction forms and method for making Transaction form systems and methods that include secure customer slips for use with traditional manual credit card imprinting techniques are provided. A transaction form system can include a cardholder slip, an accepter slip, and a duplication arrangement. The dupl... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211544 | Flat material especially in the form of a sheet or a strip and device for writing on said material A flat sheet material for manufacturing leaf-like sheets for receiving information has at least one coating applied onto a first side of a substrate. Magnetically activatable particles are embedded in the at least one coating. The magnetically activatable particles ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198834 | Imaging media including interference layer for generating human-readable marking on optical media An optical recording medium, comprises a substrate, and an imaging medium disposed on the substrate, the imaging medium comprising: a marking layer including a thermochromic compound and an interference layer tuned to absorb light having a predetermined wavelength. | 04/03/2007 |
