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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7785680 | Multilayer card A multilayer card has (i) an opaque polyester film substrate containing 0.2 to 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of the substrate, of at least one copolyesterether, (ii) a first ink-receptive layer on at least one surface of the substrate, (iii) a cover la... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7727603 | Transfer member of image forming material for electrophotography and member having image recorded thereon using the same A transfer member of an image forming material for electrophotography, the transfer member including a substrate and an image receiving layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate. The image receiving layer includes at least a releasing material and has ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7635507 | Receiving paper for thermal transfer recording and manufacturing method thereof A receiving paper for thermal transfer recording, having a paper substrate; an ink receiving layer located overlying one side of the paper substrate and configured to receive a heat-melted or heat-softened ink; and a tackifying layer located overlying another side o... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7618693 | Ink jet recording medium An ink jet recording media system is described which comprises at least one coating layer that comprises a zwitterionic copolymer or cooligomer, which copolymer or cooligomer comprises monomer units derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consistin... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7387824 | Support for image recording medium and image recording medium made from the support A support for an image recording medium includes base paper, a polymer coating layer formed on both top and wire side surfaces, and a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive agent which is formed under the polymer coating layer on one or both side surface... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7349640 | Image offset prevention on plastic substrate media A system and method that controls the amount of energy accumulated at the collection location of a printing device to prevent image transfer or offsetting between sheets of stacked media, in particular, media of high thermal capacitance. This may be accomplished by ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345694 | Document sheet issuing system and recording medium for the system A document sheet issuing system suitable for manufacturing a product based on an ordering by a retailer issues a plurality of documents, e.g., guarantee card, user registration card, on which data including a name of retailer is printed during manufacturing. The iss... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344764 | Thermal transfer receiving sheet There is provided a thermal transfer receiving sheet comprising a substrate, a barrier layer laminated on said substrate, and an image receiving layer laminated on said barrier layer, wherein said barrier layer and said image receiving layer are laminated on at leas... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7326504 | Imaged anti-copy film An anti-copy film is disclosed. The film has a light transmissive imageable substrate having opposing first and second surfaces. Each surface has an image receptive coating. Complementary positive and negative images are disposed on the first and second surfaces suc... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318952 | Resin coated flexible substrates for printing high temperature resistant images Disclosed are resin coated flexible substrates, such as labels, including spine labels for CDs and DVDs which are adapted for thermal transfer printing, methods for preparing and printing on these resin coated flexible substrates and the printed substrates obtained ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290803 | Reflective article and method of manufacturing same A reflective printed article includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface with a graphic image printed thereon. A reflective or glossy ink layer is printed over the entire top surface of the substrate. A graphic image is printed over the reflective... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291579 | Thermal transfer image-receiving sheet There is provided a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which has none of the offset of an antistatic agent, the transfer of the antistatic agent onto a carrier roll of a thermal printer or the like, a lowering in whiteness, glossiness, and sensitivity in printin... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291400 | Decorative sheet The present invention improves a surface protective layer in the resistance to marring to the extent not achieved even if the surface protective layer is made of a crosslinked cured product of an ionizing radiation-curable resin and added with silica. When forming a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7261934 | Polyester film There is provided a white polyester film which retains practically satisfactory reflectivity with respect to the visible light range, can undergo stable film production even when inorganic fine particles are added in high concentration and is stable against a dimens... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244478 | Recording medium having ink-receiving layer and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a recording medium with an excellent productivity is provided. The method provides a recording medium having excellent ink absorbency and coloring property and includes an ink-receiving layer in which a binder is restricted and controlled. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244690 | Thermal transfer image receiving sheet and method for manufacturing the same It is an object of the invention to provide a thermal transfer image receiving sheet which can enhance sensitivity by low heat conductivity and can be easily manufactured at a low cost compared with the lamination of a foaming film. In a thermal transfer image recei... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226891 | Image forming method using thermal transfer recording material An image forming method containing the steps of (a) forming an image on a thermal transfer sheet of a thermal transfer recording material, and (b) transferring the image onto an image receiving sheet of the thermal transfer recording material, wherein the thermal tr... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223717 | Thermal transfer image receiving sheet and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a thermal transfer image receiving sheet having a good productivity, capable of inexpensively obtaining an image with high density and high resolution. A dye receiving layer is provided on one surface side of a base material film, and ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7189676 | Crosslinked copolymer dye-receiving layer The invention relates to a dye image receiver sheet comprising a dye-receiving layer comprising a cross-linked copolymer of polyester and a lubricator polymer, wherein said polyester component of said cross-linked copolymer is present in an amount of between 75% and... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172992 | Biguanide bleaching agent for a thermal-imaging receptor element The present invention provides a receptor element for use in thermal transfer imaging. The receptor element includes a coating having a polymeric binder and a biguanide bleaching agent. The biguanide bleaching agent is capable of bleaching an infrared-absorbing dye ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7153620 | Transparent invisible conductive grid The present invention relates to an antistatic article comprising a substrate or support having thereon at least one antistatic layer, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a conductive material having areas of patterned coverage. The present invention also relates... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7123280 | Thermal transfer image receiving sheet and image forming method using the same A thermal transfer image receiving sheet comprising a support having an image receiving layer on one surface of the support and a backing layer on the other surface of the support, wherein, (a) a first electrical resistance of the thermal transfer image receiving sh... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122233 | Polyamide-based transparent composition The invention relates to a transparent composition comprising, by weight, the total being 100%: 5 to 40% of an amorphous polyamide (B) which results essentially from the condensation: either of at least... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7101825 | Multilayer film A thermal transfer printing receiver sheet for use in association with a compatible donor sheet, the receiver sheet comprising a receiving layer to receive a dye thermally transferred from the associated compatible donor sheet, and further comprising a release mediu... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090959 | Multicolor image forming material and method of multicolor image forming method It is intended to provide a multicolor image forming material for laser heat transfer comprising an image receiving sheet having an image receiving layer and at least four heat transfer sheets having different colors each comprising a substrate and a light-heat conv... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083885 | Transparent invisible conductive grid The present invention relates to an antistatic article comprising a substrate or support having thereon at least one antistatic layer, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a conductive material having areas of patterned coverage. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083848 | Single- or multilayer thermoplastic polymer film capable of structuring by means of electromagnetic radiation, process for its production, and its use The invention relates to a single- or multilayer, oriented film in which at least one layer is comprised of a thermoplastic polymer having a minimum amount of amide groups. The polymer is a polyester, a polyamide, or a mixture comprised of polyester and polyamide, o... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7074495 | Recording material support, process for manufacturing the same, recording material and process for image formation The present invention aims to provide a recording material support having superior excellent surface smoothness and water resistance compared to the related art, to a process for efficiently manufacturing this recording material support, to a recording material whic... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7060336 | Image receiver material An image receiver material which, even when wound on a roll of a smaller diameter in a printer, an image receiver sheet is not peeled, such that the image receiver material is not susceptible to running troubles in a printer. To this end, there is provided a seal ty... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056861 | 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 sheets for receiving information has at least one coating applied onto a substrate. Particles that are electrically activatable particles, magnetizable particles, or electrically activatable and magnetizable particles are embe... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7045178 | Thermographic overcoat layer and thermographic image recording members There is described a protective overcoat material comprising from about 40 weight percent to about 85 weight percent of poly(methyl methacrylate) having a Tg above about 100° C., from about 10 weight percent to about 50 weight percent of poly(ethyl methacrylate) ha... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041349 | Thermal transfer image recording composite sheet A thermal transfer image recording composite sheet has a lamination structure: (2) image receiving sheet section (including image receiving layer (D), image recording sheet substrate (C) and adhesive layer (E)) and (1) release sheet section (including release layer ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022385 | Laminated imaged recording media The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an identification document that can contain both common information and unique information describing the specific document holder. The information is in the form of indicia applied by digital imaging means. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014893 | Support material for recording layers A support material comprises a raw paper that may be coated on at least one side with a synthetic resin, and the raw paper or the resin coating on the raw paper is provided at least on the front side with a pigment layer wherein the pigment layer contains at least a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6995118 | Thermal transfer image receiving sheet Disclosed is a thermal transfer image receiving sheet comprising a substrate sheet, an intermediate layer provided on at least one surface side of the substrate sheet and a dye receptor layer provided on the surface of the intermediate layer, wherein the substrate s... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6962893 | Image-forming material, image formation method and method for manufacturing color proof To provide an image-forming material, an image formation method and a method for manufacturing a color proof, where even when laser recording is performed with a higher energy by multi-beam laser light, a light-to-heat conversion substance or a decomposition product... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6946425 | Multicolor image forming material and method for forming multicolor image A multicolor image-forming material comprises: an image-receiving sheet having an image-receiving layer and a support; and at least four thermal transfer sheets each including a support, a light-to-heat converting layer and an image-forming layer, in which each of t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918663 | Method for inserting images on printing plates A printing plate is prepared for the insertion of images by applying an ink accepting layer and an ink repelling layer to it. A developing fluid is sprayed onto the ink repelling layer by an ink jet printing group. The developing fluid is sprayed in the image to be ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916517 | Polyamide-based transparent composition A composition comprising, by weight, the total being 100%: 5 to 40% of an amorphous polyamide (B) which results from the condensation of at least one aromatic diacid and with at least one diamine said diamine being optionally cyclo... | 07/12/2005 |
