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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7517397 | Heat sensitive recording material New color developers, new mixture comprising it, its processes for preparation, heat sensitive recording compositions and materials comprising the novel developers and mixtures as well as their uses in heat sensitive recording materials. ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7417074 | Ink for ink jet and ink jet recording apparatus There is disclosed an ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V2... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7300727 | Method for forming temporary image An image forming method composed of: (a) providing a reimageable medium composed of a substrate and a photochromic material, wherein the medium is capable of exhibiting a color contrast and an absence of the color contrast; (b) exposing the medium to an imaging ligh... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291213 | Ink composition and inkjet recording method An ink composition comprising: a coloring agent having an oxidation potential of more electropositive than 1.0V (vs SCE); a water; a guanidine compound; and a surfactant, the ink composition to be used in inkjet recording and an inkjet recording method with the use ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7214456 | Reimageable medium An reimageable medium composed of: a substrate; and a photochromic material, wherein the medium is capable of exhibiting a color contrast and an absence of the color contrast, wherein the medium has a characteristic that when the medium exhibits the absence of the c... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205088 | Reimageable medium with light absorbing material A reimageable medium for receiving an imaging light having a predetermined wavelength scope, the medium composed of: a substrate; a photochromic material capable of reversibly converting among a number of different forms, wherein one form has an absorption spectrum ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7147699 | Ink jet printing compositions and methods An ink composition is provided which is suitable for use in an ink jet printer and comprises solvent, colourant and binder, wherein the solvent comprises methyl acetate. The composition is particularly suitable for printing on polymeric substrates, eg polypropylenes... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7087557 | Metal-containing neutral and overbased salicylates based on styrenated salicylic acid A salicylate is disclosed, which has detergent and anti-oxidant properties, for use as a metal based detergent additive. An alkyl salicylic acid is derived from the alkylation of salicylic acid with styrene. The neutralization and subsequent overbasing of neutral sa... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7060654 | Imaging media and materials used therein A coating includes an antenna uniformly distributed in both a matrix and a leuco-dye phase of the coating. A method for preparing an imaging material includes providing a powder having an activator and an antenna, dissolving the activator/antenna powder to form an a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6770125 | Reversible thermochromic composition A reversible thermochromic composition with light fastness feature comprises (a) an electron-donating color former, (b) an electron-accepting compound represented by Formula I, wherein R1 represents a straight... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6762208 | Alkane diol foam controlling agents The present invention pertains to a method for controlling the foaming of a waterborne composition or an industrial process by the incorporation of a foam controlling agent. The method comprises utilizing as the foam controlling agent a compound of the formula: ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6716793 | Image-recording composition and image-recording sheet using same An image-recording composition comprising: a microcapsule enclosing a leuco-dye; a phenol color-developing agent; and a reaction-accelerating agent catalyzing a color-developing reaction between the leuco-dye and the phenol color-developing agent, the reaction-accel... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6638620 | Reversible thermochromic composition having improved light-fastness and product comprising same A reversible thermochromic composition which can be freely adjusted in its discoloration temperature even if the kind of electron donating compound and electron accepting compound to be used in combination remain the same and exhibits a remarkably improve... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6593272 | Thermosensitive recording composition and thermosensitive recording material using the same A thermosensitive recording composition includes a leuco dye, a color developer containing 4,4'-bisphenol S, and a sensitizer containing 4-acetylbiphenyl. A thermosensitive recording material has a support and a thermosensitive recording layer which is pr... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6579829 | Developer composition and heat sensitive recording material The invention is a novel developer composition which comprises one or more phenol derivative of sulfonamide structure represented by the formula (1) and one or more constituents selected from a polyvalent metal compound, antioxidant and reducing agent and... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6524377 | Reversible thermosensitive coloring composition and recording material using the composition and recording method using the recording material A reversible thermosensitive coloring composition including an electron donating coloring agent and an electron accepting color developer, wherein the composition achieves a colored state when heated at a temperature not lower than a coloring temperature ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6143060 | Triazine derivatives and recording materials prepared therefrom Triazine derivatives of general formula (I); and recording materials excellent in the storage stability of developed images, particularly the resistance thereof to plasticizers.... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6090192 | Reversible thermosensitive coloring composition and reversible thermosensitive recording medium using same A reversible thermosensitive composition including a coloring agent and a developer and capable of assuming a colored state and a discolored state depending upon the thermal hysteresis thereof. The developer is a phenol compound represented by the formula... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6063173 | Reversible thermosensitive coloring composition and reversible thermosensitive recording medium using the same A reversible thermosensitive coloring composition is provided, which contains (a) an electron-donating coloring compound; and (b) an electron-accepting compound, which is an aromatic carboxylic acid compound comprising at least one hydrocarbon group, whic... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6037308 | Diphenyl sulfone crosslinking type compounds and recording materials using them Diphenyl sulfone crosslinking type compounds of general formula (1) and a recording material containing at least one of them. This recording material is excellent in the storage stability of colored images. ##STR1##... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6001159 | Reversible thermosensitive coloring composition and reversible thermosensitive recording medium using the same A reversible thermosensitive coloring composition contains an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound, and is capable of reversibly assuming a color-developed state or a decolorized state depending upon the the temperature o... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5990199 | Indicator ink compositions The invention relates to indicator ink compositions that contain a water-based dispersion of a phenol-formaldehyde resin, at least one colorant and an amine-terminated catalyst. These indicator ink compositions are fixed to a surface, such as by drying, a... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5932515 | Recording paper incorporating hollow spherical plastic pigment A developer sheet for use in pressure-sensitive carbonless paper which incorporates a hollow microspherical plastic pigment.... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5888283 | High solids direct thermal ink composition and method of making and using same A direct thermal ink composition is provided which is formed from an aqueous dispersion of an initially colorless color former and an initially colorless color developer in particulate form. The direct thermal ink composition also includes a sensitizer, w... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5879438 | Method for improving light-fastness of reversible thermochromic compositions at the time of color extinguishment A reversible thermochromic composition is formed by blending: (a) an electron donating compound; (b) an electron accepting compound; (c) a metachromatic temperature adjuster; (d) an electron accepting, light-fastness providing agent represented by Formula... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5873932 | Method for improving light-fastness of reversible thermochromic compositions at the time of color development A method of causing metachromatism by the use of a reversible thermochromic composition comprising (a) an electron donating compound, (b) an electron accepting compound and (c) a metachromatic temperature adjuster, wherein; (d) an electron accepting, light-fas... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5868821 | Thermally reversible color forming composition and thermally reversible recording medium using the thermally reversible color forming composition A thermally reversible color forming composition which includes an electron-donating chromophoric compound and an electron-accepting compound, by which formation and deletion of a color image may be carried out by adjusting thermal energy applied to the c... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5647896 | Color-developing agents and color-developing sheets Provided are a color-developing agent comprising a multivalent metal salt of a salicylic acid derivative and a sulfonated phenol and/or a metal salt thereof and having excellent initial and ultimate color-developing capacities and improved waterproofness;... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5624882 | Color developer compositions for carbonless paper copying systems There is disclosed a coating composition for the preparation of a CF sheet (i.e. a receiving sheet) of a carbonless paper copying system comprising a CF sheet and a CB sheet (i.e. a donating sheet). The coating composition comprises a color developer and ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5609672 | Composition for color development comprising 4-hydroxy-4'-isopropoxydiphenylsulfone, and a wet method for grinding and a dispersible solution for applying the same A method for preventing the generation of the hydration of 4-hydroxy-4'-isopropoxydiphenylsulfone characterized in that the particles of 4-hydroxy-4'-isopropoxydiphenylsulfone are subjected to wet grinding in water in the presence of diphenylsulfone deriv... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5595590 | Method and compositions for authenticating a product or document A method and compositions for authenticating a document or article comprises applying a mixture of a carrier, a leuco dye and an activator to a surface of a document or article, wherein the leuco dye and activator react in response to a rubbing force appl... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5525572 | Coated front for carbonless copy paper and method of use thereof An improved carbonless copy paper for use in magnetic image character recognition (MICR). Carbonless copy paper according to the present invention contains a coated front (CF) layer which contains a latex binding component. The improved carbonless copy pa... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5413629 | Laser marking and printing ink therefor A non-destructive laser marking method including irradiating laser light on a thermosensitive color-forming layer formed by printing with a printing ink containing a leuco dye as a color former and an acidic substance as a color developer, and at least on... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5395433 | Reversible thermosensitive coloring composition, recording medium, recording method, and image display apparatus using the recording medium A reversible thermosensitive coloring composition is composed of (i) an electron-donor coloring compound and (ii) an electron-acceptor compound selected from the group consisting of an organic phosphoric acid compound, an aliphatic carboxylic acid, and a ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5393332 | Color developer for pressure-sensitive recording sheets Herein disclosed is a method for preparing a nuclear-substituted salicylic acid or a metal salt thereof represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR1## [wherein R1 and R2 each represents a t-butyl group, a t-amyl ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5382560 | Color developers and sheets thereof A color developer is provided comprising a polyvalent metal salt of a salicylic derivative. The salicylic derivative is made up of ring-substituted salicylic compounds having one, two and three styrene units bonded to salicylic core where at least 25% of ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5376616 | Reversible heat-sensitive recording composition and reversible heat-sensitive recording sheet A reversible heat-sensitive recording composition capable of repeatedly writing or erasing, and a reversible heat-sensitive recording sheet using the composition are disclosed. The reversible heat-sentitive recording composition comprising a leuco compoun... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5261954 | Authenticatable security paper and authenticating composition therefor A security paper authenticating system comprises, in combination, a security paper carrying both starch and an iodate salt, typically potassium iodate, and an authenticating composition comprising an acidic solution of an iodide salt, typically potassium ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5250108 | Color developer composition, process for preparing aqueous dispersion thereof and pressure sensitive manifold sheet using thereof The present invention provides a color developer composition characterized in that the composition contains a color developer comprising as its main component a nucleus-substituted salicylic acid salt represented by the formula (1) given below, and at lea... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5178669 | Composition for reversible thermal recording media A composition for reversible thermal recording media which contains an amphoteric compound having at least one of a phenolic hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group and also having an amino group either as a functional group or as part of a salt compound, and... | 01/12/1993 |
